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Search Engine Results Relatively Fair

Posted by Zonk on from the feel-the-love dept.

perkr writes "The Economist and PhysicsWeb report on a study from Indiana University claiming that search engines have an egalitarian effect that gives new pages a greater chance to be discovered, compared to what would be the case in the absence of search engines. Based on an analysis of Web traffic and topology, this result contradicts the widely held 'Googlearchy' hypothesis according to which search engines amplify the rich-get-richer dynamics of the Web."

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  1. Re:google good by Chicago+Wolves · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://66.171.121.226/ Best website ever!

  2. Re:google good by Chicago+Wolves · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    D'oh! Wrong link. Sorry.

  3. Woot! by seebs · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Check out the google results for "rebate lawsuit".

    As of this writing, they go to "some guy's blog", namely mine. No links to it that I know of, either, which is sorta weird.

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  4. OUTGOING by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    HELLO WORLD
    40173 40173
    HELLO WORLD
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    33585 33585 47672 47672 22766 22766 95083 95083 72437 72437
    08051 08051 01802 01802 85063 85063 35770 35770 62645 62645
    51749 51749 39869 39869 68761 68761 38115 38115 03003 03003
    K-BYE

  5. What is this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WTF is this? It keeps getting posted. Anyone know?

  6. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  7. And all I want to know... by squoozer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...is how to get a number one spot in the natural listings. Sigh.

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