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Using Google to Calculate Web Decay

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bit-rot-quantified dept.

scottennis writes: "Google has yet another application: measuring the rate of decay of information on the web. By plotting the number of results at 3,6, and 12 months for a series of phrases, this study claims to have uncovered a corresponding 60-70-80 percent decay rate. Essentially, 60% of the web changes every 3 months." You may be amused by some of the phrases he notes as exceptional, too.

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  1. Earth to Slashdot by nahdude812 · · Score: 0, Redundant
    When linking to an Angelfire site, you might as well be linking here.


    Anyone have any mirrors? (by the time I'm done posting this, there'll probably have been a dozen "First Mirror Posts" but oh well.)

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