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Why do you think Google knows about the Amazon purchase or the Facebook post? They don't.
by joshuamorton 6y ago
Why do you think Google knows about the Amazon purchase or the Facebook post? They don't.
- slowmovintarget 6y agoI was sticking with the analogy established in the post I was replying to. To me they are variables in the pseudo-code, for the purpose of understanding the algorithm, not the actual underlying reality being discussed.
- joshuamorton 6y agoRight, but GP picked those variables intentionally, as things that Google doesn't (can't) track. If, for example you replaced "Amazon" with "Google", well you'd obviously expect Google to have the data. So then if you replace "Amazon" with "company that subcontracts to Google for analytics", you'd still expect Google to have the data.