Google Search document leak reveals inner workings of ranking algorithm

Re:Google Search document leak reveals inner workings of ran... by jareklupinski on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @10:04AM (#40512147)

> how a card catalog improved the world

i was lamenting the library recently and remembered how books were organized on shelves using the dewey decimal system

this meant that if you knew of one book that has something you're looking for, you can find all the _other_ books about the same topic right next to the first book, even if you knew nothing about the contents of the related books

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Re:Google Search document leak reveals inner workings of ran... by staticman2 on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @10:31AM (#40512404)

Libraries still exist and sort books like that, don't they?

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Re:Google Search document leak reveals inner workings of ran... by yencabulator on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @02:44PM (#40515316)

I believe the point is that the commenter wishes more things operated like that, where adjacent items were related and likely of similar quality, not just boosted with money and SEO trickery.

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Re:Google Search document leak reveals inner workings of ran... by thsksbd on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @07:50PM (#40518512)

They're being ripped down and replaced by coffee shops with plugs and wifi

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