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Google Letting Users Rank Search Results

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the coming-soon-to-a-net-near-you dept.

Myriad writes "C|Net News is running an article about Google testing out a new system which would let users rank pages. From the article, 'Two weeks ago, Google began quietly testing a Web page voting system that, for the first time on a large scale, could eventually let Web surfers help determine the popularity of sites ranked by the company's search engine.'" As someone who has a lot of experience with systems where users self rate content, let me just wish Google the best of luck. Especially since for many unscrupulous businesses, ratings in search engines directly translate to dollars.

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  1. a problem worth solving... by downerad · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    this is certainly a valid problem to try and solve. for example, i just searched for "clueless phony" and jon katz's name was nowhere to be found.

  2. The demise of a good search engine? by RobPiano · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Google knows just as well as we do that this is going to lead to the small minority influencing the outcome of search results. It also makes some big companies very happy.

    Looks like a big old sell out.

    Anyone know of a good secondary search engine?
    Rob

  3. Re:Great, but .. by talesout · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I said a few hours shithead.

    And you are pretty much proving my point. Groupthink is in. Actual thought is out.

    God, I fucking hate slashdot.

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