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Define doesn't censor results. They censor results by blocking content mills and related sites, for example. http://www.technologyreview.com/view/419965/the-se
by aestra 13y ago
Define doesn't censor results. They censor results by blocking content mills and related sites, for example.
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/419965/the-search-engine-backlash-against-content-mills/ http://www.technologyreview.com/view/419965/the-search-engin...
The content he’s blocking includes everything from “Made-for-Adsense” sites that offer no content at all to sites that offer only, in Weinberg’s judgment, low-quality content designed specifically to rank highly in Google’s search index.
“Usually the stuff I’m blocking is pretty straightforward, i.e. not really on the line. The few that have been somewhat on the line are usually big sites, and I’ve asked users or they have been driven by user reports followed by my subsequent investigation,” says Weinberg.
- PhasmaFelis 13y agoI know that I get much more useful results if I search for torrents on DDG than Google. I don't know what the exact mechanism is, but it works.