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The quality of DDGs results is related in part to the number of users they have: - they use link clicks to determine coherence between query and result. More
by syrrim 8y ago
The quality of DDGs results is related in part to the number of users they have:
- they use link clicks to determine coherence between query and result. More users => more clicks => greater coherence
- they fund themselves using advertising, so their revenue is roughly proportional to their number of users. Increasing users => increasing money => more money to devote towards improving results
If one is interested in improving the results of DDG, then providing them with free advertising is an easy way to do it.
- tombert 8y agoI'm not disagreeing with your point (or the network effect in general), but I guess I worry that if we don't engage in some early skepticism, we're going to end up with another Google or Facebook on our hands.
- Kiro 8y ago> they use link clicks to determine coherence between query and result. More users => more clicks => greater coherence Do you have a source on that?