Google's Secret Lab

Voelspriet writes "The mystery behind eval.google.com should be solved soon. It's a secret lab of Google. Real people, from all over the world, are paid to finetune the index of Google, reveals Searchbistro, a new weblog of the Dutch reporter Henk van Ess. A Flash-movie shows some screens of Google's 'Rater Hub', Full details about Eval.Google will be published later this week.

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Raters

[RealProgrammer]

I wonder if they use meta-moderation?

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Do the folks who meta-mod the raters actually get more rater points, or is it like a certain well-known site (hint: rhymes with "cashbot") where you can meta-mod all the time and never get to mod?

Every time I ignore that certain site (rhymes with "'stache rot") for a few weeks and come back, voila, I'm rewarded with mod points. I don't like that. When I come back after being away, I want to spout off, not critique. Gimme mod points after I've been active every day for a while, so I know what to do with them.

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