News tagged with search algorithm
Italian professor launches challenge to Google
An Italian computer science professor whose research helped inspire Google launched a new search engine and social media network on Monday that he hopes will challenge the US technology giant.
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Feb 06, 2012 |
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Social-networking rivals offer workaround for Google social search
Google's social-networking rivals have apparently teamed up to offer users a tool that allows them to avoid the integration of Google's core search business and Google+.
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Madrid duo fire up quantum contender to Google search
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two Madrid scientists from The Complutense University think they have an algorithm that may impact the nature of the world's leading search engine. In essence, they are saying Hey, world, ...
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Auctions, traffic, selfishness, and data privacy: It all comes down to math
Every time you run a Google search, a split-second automated auction takes place to determine which of many competing companies will get to fill the ad space in your browsing window. The program controlling ...
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Russia's Yandex invests $15M in US search underdog
Blekko, a Silicon Valley startup trying to build a spam-free search engine, is getting some love from Russia.
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Google expands ability to veto search results
Google on Wednesday expanded the ability of users to veto search results that aren't useful.
Sep 14, 2011 |
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US regulators investigating Google over search (Update 2)
US regulators have launched a probe into Google's lucrative search and advertising business in a move that could pose the most serious legal challenge yet to the Internet giant.
Jun 24, 2011 |
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Mathematically ranking ranking methods
In a world where everything from placement in a Google search result to World Cup eligibility depends on ranking and numerical ratings of some kind, it is becoming increasingly important to analyze the algorithms and techniques ...
May 24, 2011 |
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Ranking research
A new approach to evaluating research papers exploits social bookmarking tools to extract relevance. Details are reported in the latest issue of the International Journal of Internet Technology and Secured Transactions.
May 03, 2011 |
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Google hones search edge to stay sharp
The head of Google's search evaluation team shakes his head dismissively at the idea of anyone thinking the firm's winning Internet-sifting formula is completed. Far from it.
Apr 14, 2011 |
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Dueling algorithms
There's an old joke about two hikers on a trail, one wearing hiking boots and the other running shoes. "Why the running shoes?” the first hiker asks. "In case of bears,” the second answers. The first ...
Mar 18, 2011 |
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Google's new search formula results in some unhappy websites
Google Inc. can give websites a lot of traffic. It can also take it away. That's what Valerie Whitmore found out recently.
Mar 16, 2011 |
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Google tweaks search to punish 'low-quality' sites (Update)
Google has changed its secret search formula in the United States to be more discerning when it comes to which websites are worth recommending and which should sink in the rankings.
Feb 25, 2011 |
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Google accuses Microsoft's Bing of 'cheating, copying' search results
(AP) -- Google is accusing Microsoft Corp. of cheating as the two duel for Internet search supremacy, but Microsoft denies the charge, saying it's just using all the tools available to lessen its rival's dominance.
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Blekko, Montage offer new ways to search the Web
Internet search engines have become such a helpful fixture of everyday life that it's tough to imagine life before them. They gather information at eye-blink speed, can guess a user's intent and present real-time results ...
Jan 03, 2011 |
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