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"‘success rate’ .. a measurement of how often a user executes a search, and then goes to a webpage from the set of links" One simple example where this fails:
by jeroen 16y ago
"‘success rate’ .. a measurement of how often a user executes a search, and then goes to a webpage from the set of links"
One simple example where this fails:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=circumference+of+the+earth http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=circu...
The answer is shown three times in the results. There is no need to click on anything. Did the testers compare these results for Google and Bing?
- markkat 16y agoBing also shows the answer, however: http://www.bing.com/search?q=circumference+of+the+earth&go=&form=QBLH&qs=n&sk=&sc=8-26 http://www.bing.com/search?q=circumference+of+the+earth&... Perhaps Google does this better, but I would be surprised if it accounted for the large difference.
- snprbob86 16y agoThis is one of the rare queries where I'd try Wolfram Alpha first: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=circumference+of+the+earth http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=circumference+of+the+ea...
- xentronium 16y agohttps://img.skitch.com/20110211-r3jmccgi1ejs24p1hbdnu69fwm.jpg https://img.skitch.com/20110211-r3jmccgi1ejs24p1hbdnu69fwm.j... vs. https://img.skitch.com/20110211-cfdpqbca86fe1qgwdpbutdu153.jpg https://img.skitch.com/20110211-cfdpqbca86fe1qgwdpbutdu153.j... Google's are better, however, they both don't show the value for me.
- tuxychandru 16y agoI see it in the second result from Google!
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- Matt_Cutts 16y agoIt's even worse than that. As I understand it, the definition is not "a measurement of how often a user executes a search, and then goes to a webpage from the set of links" but rather "a measurement of how often a user executes a search, and then goes to a different website." That is, I believe Hitwise has no way of knowing whether the user clicks on a link from the search results vs. just navigating to a different page.