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>While Google doesn't, as far as I know, "fix" search rankings to give themselves an edge They certainly have done that in the past. Marissa Mayer admitted it
by anon1385 12y ago
>While Google doesn't, as far as I know, "fix" search rankings to give themselves an edge
They certainly have done that in the past. Marissa Mayer admitted it in this talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT1UFZSbcxE#t=44m50s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT1UFZSbcxE#t=44m50s
>When we rolled out Google Finance, we did put the Google link first. It seems only fair, right? We do all the work for the search page and all these other things, so we do put it first. That’s actually been a policy, then, because of Finance we implemented it in other places. So for Google Maps, again, it’s the first link.
- thomasahle 12y agoIf you start 10 seconds earlier, you'll see that she's not talking about ordering the "search results", but about the extra information added to some searches. Stock quotes, maps, calculator and stuff.
- anon1385 12y agoAre you seriously arguing that information shown on the results page after you ask Google to perform a search, in response to the specific search term you use, is not 'search results'? Whatever helps you sleep at night I guess…
- thomasahle 12y agoIt's not search results in the way people normally talk about them; and it certainly has nothing to do with the search rank system.
- btian 12y agoNo she didn't. See, that's the problem with quoting out of context, i.e., what Rupert Murdoch is best at...