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Google's Secret Lab

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 1, 2005 @05:00AM from the everyone-loves-a-mystery dept.

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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Evil by Anonymous Coward · 2005-06-01 05:03 · Score: 3, Funny

Thought it said "evil.google.com" for a sec then instead of "eval.google.com".
Do no eval by tehshen · 2005-06-01 05:06 · Score: 5, Funny

This is proof... Google is slowly turning eval!

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Secret Lab? by grassy_knoll · 2005-06-01 05:11 · Score: 4, Funny

Don't tell me it's in a supposedly inactive volcano on a south-pacific island, perhaps guarded by large numbers of minions in silver jumpsuits.

'Cause while I'm sure there are many Phd's there... I'd like to think none of them went to evil medical school.

NB: Not responsible for the reactions of the humor impaired.

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Oh My God! by tfaust · 2005-06-01 05:19 · Score: 3, Funny

It's made out of people! eval.google.com is people! It's people!
Soylent Google by DuckofDeath87 · 2005-06-01 05:28 · Score: 5, Funny

Google is made from people!
Re:Google Rocks! by GraZZ · 2005-06-01 05:32 · Score: 3, Funny

Insightful? WTFBBQ?!
Re:Eval?... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-06-01 05:58 · Score: 3, Funny

yeah, i read evil.google.com too...