Comments on: Google promotes social search algorithm http://blog.wrench.com.au/2008/11/21/google-promotes-social-search-algorithm/ Flash, Flex and Technology Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:22:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Michael Dinowitz http://blog.wrench.com.au/2008/11/21/google-promotes-social-search-algorithm/#comment-6366 Michael Dinowitz Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:46:12 +0000 http://blog.wrench.com.au/?p=104#comment-6366 The concept is not to redirect traffic but to change the ordering of your own search results. In other words, if I search for ColdFusion and see some physics results, I can remove them from my search results. I can also take sites and move them to the top of my search results. I assume that these changes will be tracked and will influence other personal search results and eventually the global results. The worry is not bots but mobs. Imagine if all 23,000 people on House of Fusion decided to raise the site to the top of their search. 23k moves like that will show up on Google's radar and may result in a general raising of the sites ranking. Now get a larger mob and you can possibly have huge influence over rankings. The concept is not to redirect traffic but to change the ordering of your own search results. In other words, if I search for ColdFusion and see some physics results, I can remove them from my search results. I can also take sites and move them to the top of my search results. I assume that these changes will be tracked and will influence other personal search results and eventually the global results.

The worry is not bots but mobs. Imagine if all 23,000 people on House of Fusion decided to raise the site to the top of their search. 23k moves like that will show up on Google’s radar and may result in a general raising of the sites ranking. Now get a larger mob and you can possibly have huge influence over rankings.

]]> By: David Jumeau http://blog.wrench.com.au/2008/11/21/google-promotes-social-search-algorithm/#comment-6364 David Jumeau Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:06:51 +0000 http://blog.wrench.com.au/?p=104#comment-6364 Although it seems like a good concept. I can't buy this idea because of the hacker presence on the internet that turns good ideas and exploit it for dubious purposes. I can see hacker websearch bots that would automatically click on these icons and divert them to unrelated websites and thus the search strategy would be messed up. Imagine religion-based sites that pointing giving porn site results. Unless I misunderstand the concept altogher. Although it seems like a good concept. I can’t buy this idea because of the hacker presence on the internet that turns good ideas and exploit it for dubious purposes. I can see hacker websearch bots that would automatically click on these icons and divert them to unrelated websites and thus the search strategy would be messed up. Imagine religion-based sites that pointing giving porn site results. Unless I misunderstand the concept altogher.

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