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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. Good idea but... by t_allardyce · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "Especially since for many unscrupulous businesses, ratings in search engines directly translate to dollars."

    And how will the new system stop this?

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