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"If installed, the extension also sends blocked site information to Google, and we will study the resulting feedback and explore using it as a potential ranking
by Jem 16y ago
"If installed, the extension also sends blocked site information to Google, and we will study the resulting feedback and explore using it as a potential ranking signal for our search results."
If that happens, what's to stop this being used by companies to influence the results to get rid of competitors?
- ceejayoz 16y agoI imagine that's where the "we will study" bit comes in.
- stanleydrew 16y agoDid you even read the snippet that you quoted? They will "study the resulting feedback and explore using it as a potential ranking signal for our search results." They are well aware of the ways in which such a signal could be gamed. That's why they will "study" and "explore" ways to use the new data as a "potential" signal.
- Jem 16y agoWas the twatty attitude really necessary? I asked a simple question expecting someone with industry-appropriate know-how to expand further on Google's theoretical/possible intentions. We already have an entire industry dedicated to gaming the search engines ranking signals/etc; we have some very talented black hats who undermine existing attempts to keep SERPs clean. I don't think it was that stupid a question.