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That's one thing I never understood about Google: just how does it decide that something I clicked on was really what I was looking for? For every person who w
by CodeMage 15y ago
That's one thing I never understood about Google: just how does it decide that something I clicked on was really what I was looking for?
For every person who was looking for photos of the explosion, there are most likely many more who were looking for general information about "Camping Alfaques" but clicked on the thumbnails out of arguably morbid interest. I know I wouldn't resist clicking on that stuff to see what it's about, it seems to be human nature.
So, in the end, how does Google distinguish people's objectives from their curiosity?
- jodrellblank 15y agoIf you see someone on the train reading Twilight, how do you distinguish between someone who likes Twilight and someone who is taking seriously the idea "don't judge a book by it's cover" and giving it a fair reading before deciding?
- CodeMage 15y agoI don't know whether your comment supposed to restate my question or answer it. If it's the latter, the difference is not that I'm not the one offering a service that classifies books by popularity based entirely on what I see people reading on trains. My question still stands.
- Dylan16807 15y agoNo matter the reason, reading the entire book is a fair endorsement of prominent twilight placement in the bookstore. It doesn't matter if you hate it, you wanted to read it. But picking it up, looking at the description in the back jacket, and putting it back down is most definitely not. Going to a site for 10 seconds is not an endorsement.
- yew 15y agoI believe Google does track "click through - click back" timing, specifically to limit the impact of this effect. Whether or not it's effective is another question.
- danso 15y agoIt determines that partly based on whether you hit the back button or not. They would like for you to never hit Back