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Interesting Concepts in Search Engines

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-think-about dept.

TheMatt writes "A new type of search algorithm is described at NSU. In a way, it is the next generation over Google. It works off the principle that most web pages link to pages that concern the same topic, forming communities of pages. Thus, for academics, this would be great as the engine could find the community of pages related to a certain subject. The article also points out this would be good as an actually useful content filter, compared to today's text-based ones."

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  1. I feel sorry for... by nigelthellama · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...the poor bastard that searches for pr0n on this search engine. Holy Jesus, can you imagine the links?!?

  2. But that would mean... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Slashdot would wind up in the same "community" as goatse.cx. Hmm...

  3. Re:But.... by bourne · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot must be the Kevin Bacon of the online world...

  4. I feel bad for Disney... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Since so many of the Adult sites seem to have their "Please leave now..." links pointed at disney.com or nickelodeon.com or something.... will they end up in the adult communities? :)

    Not that I would know...

    1. Re:I feel bad for Disney... by wayne · · Score: 3, Funny

      In fact, doing a google search on "please leave now" returns Disney as their second hit.

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