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Google Search has done an ok job ranking search results. Not perfect, but it's not an easy problem. YouTube's recommendation algorithm on the other hand seems t
by TorKlingberg 8y ago
Google Search has done an ok job ranking search results. Not perfect, but it's not an easy problem. YouTube's recommendation algorithm on the other hand seems to push all kinds of garbage.
- bluedino 8y agoIt's terrible. The first two pages of results for many searches are just blogspam and aggreggated information
- headmelted 8y agoThe quality of the algorithm isn't the point. Say the algorithm worked 100% perfectly, 100% of the time. Joe believes the algorithm is engineered to answer his queries with facts. It's not. It's engineered to show Joe what other people that think like Joe (based on profiling he is unaware of) have clicked on in the past, in the hopes Joe will click more and generate ad revenue.
- asdff 8y agoYou gotta fight with it with operators if you want a useful search. Google loves to remove useful operators or hit you with captcha challenges if you are using operators too much.