Google might have accidentally published docs about how Search works (9to5google.com)
from fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 29 May 14:24
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Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee on 29 May 14:42 next collapse

Pleeeease tell me it’s a bunch of monkeys typing on the inside

Excrubulent@slrpnk.net on 29 May 15:17 next collapse

I mean they advertised the LLM.

bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world on 29 May 17:00 collapse

Close.

archive.google/pigeonrank/

GeneralVincent@lemmy.world on 30 May 17:26 collapse

Of course it’s pigeons. We all thought Nikola Tesla was crazy, but he was just ahead of his time with Pigeon Clusters too

_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works on 29 May 15:07 next collapse

Google search works now? Did they fix it?

onion@feddit.de on 29 May 15:53 collapse

It’ll get even worse now if SEO people find out how exactly you can game the algorithm

MonkderDritte@feddit.de on 29 May 16:53 next collapse

While this data shows what factors Google Search might take into consideration when ordering Search results, it does not reveal what the importance/”weight” of each factor is to the final ranking.

Well, phew.

where_am_i@sh.itjust.works on 30 May 00:27 collapse

we absolutely couldn’t now run a few experiments and estimate the weights from them. No that’s some sorcery.

Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world on 29 May 17:51 next collapse

Pretty sure that ship sailed years ago.

JWBananas@lemmy.world on 30 May 06:22 collapse

[Updated 2024] Sailing ship, ships that sail, years-old ships, best vintage ships, top sailing ships, hot local ships in your area

acetanilide@lemmy.world on 30 May 17:42 collapse

And that is just the product title

_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works on 29 May 19:16 next collapse

Guess I’ll just not use it, it’s kind of already ruined with their AI bullshit anyhow.

Mac@mander.xyz on 29 May 20:43 collapse

i just saw a video where a guy was coaching a small group on how to do this on Reddit.

Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world on 29 May 17:16 collapse

“Ignore the most significant search terms and return pinterest spam.”

espentan@lemmy.world on 29 May 21:23 collapse

Oh jeebuz how I loathe pinterest in my search results… “Ah, cool, there’s the photo I’m looking for some more info on…” > “Hi, I’m pinterest, you can fuck right off because there’s nothing for you here”