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> presumably the last clicked link was the result they were looking for. This is a risky assumption. I tend to click all the links first, and only then check i
by mcv 5y ago
> presumably the last clicked link was the result they were looking for.
This is a risky assumption. I tend to click all the links first, and only then check if they're the results I'm looking for.
- gruez 5y agoYou can work around that by using javascript (checking for tab losing focus) and checking how quickly the links are being clicked. If you middle-click a bunch of links, then don't click any more links, then it can be inferred that one of the links that you clicked was "good".
- mcv 5y agoHow can that be inferred? Maybe the results were all bad and I'm refining my search query. Or trying a different search engine.
- gruez 5y ago>Maybe the results were all bad and I'm refining my search query that can be detected, by checking further searches are made using the same session. >Or trying a different search engine. Maybe if your audience is mainly HN users it might cause an issue, but I think most people don't bother with that so you can count it as noise.