Monthly Archives: March 2011

Brian GreerThe Perfect Search Engine

Posted on March 22, 2011
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The Holy Grail of search engines is to deliver the perfect answer to a user’s query. There is an old computer programming joke to the effect…  “Do what I meant, not what I said”. Search is a little bit like … Read the rest of this entry →

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Brian GreerGoogle targets Scrapers and Content Farms

Posted on March 4, 2011
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In two algorithm updates during February, Google took aim at scraper sites and content farms to improve search results. As an interesting side note, Google indicated that they compared the personal block lists of Google Chrome users to the sites … Read the rest of this entry →

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