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I don't agree. When that paper was written, "Google" referred to an academic research project, not a company. Page and Brin indicate that because other search
by rrss 7y ago
I don't agree.
When that paper was written, "Google" referred to an academic research project, not a company. Page and Brin indicate that because other search engines were developed at corporations, they were "largely a black art" and advertising oriented.
Since Google has become a company, and is no longer a research project in the academic realm, it has become a black art and advertising oriented, just as Page and Brin said happened to search engines developed at corporations.
- extempore 7y agoThe phrase “black art” in the paper refers to a technical challenge which only experts can tame, via methods which aren’t widely known. It has zero to do with ‘black arts” in the sense of witchcraft. The blog post drifts between these meanings, possibly with poetic intention.
- bsanr2 7y agoPerhaps the use of "black art" rather than "technical challenge which only experts can tame" in the paper implies poetic intention on their own part?
- thu2111 7y agoIn fairness, Google has published a lot of academic papers on cutting edge research topics over the years. If you wanted to build a search engine today, you'd be starting from tech they pioneered, described in well written, peer reviewed and published papers.