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Ok, the general idea of the article totally makes sense to me. But the argument doesn't work out for me: > That high volume of search activity could easily hav
by Sujan 11y ago
Ok, the general idea of the article totally makes sense to me. But the argument doesn't work out for me:
> That high volume of search activity could easily have been generated by higher search rankings for Modi.
Is it just me or is this article confusing the connection between "search ranking" and "search activity"? What influence does the order of the results for a candidate's name have on how ofter people search for this candidate's name?
Can anyone explain what I am missing?
- mark212 11y agoAs far as I can tell the argument goes like this: people are only likely to click on the number one or number two search result for a given search. Pushing favorable news stories about a candidate to the number one or number two spots (instead of neutral or negative stories) influences public opinion positively in favor of the candidate.