[Search-l] I'm awake too... plus, an idea

[Stavros Macrakis]

On 4/30/07, Ed Whittaker <epicurus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ...there would be no reason to select only one algorithm necessarily or
> evolve only one. You could use *all* your algorithms up to that point and
> perhaps use the verdicts on each of them to weight the contribution from
> each algorithm.
>

That is what all the major search engines do these days.  Though everyone
has heard of PageRank, HITS/ExpertRank, TrustRank, etc., the elegant
published algorithms are just one part of ranking.

You might want to read:

An interview with Apostolos Gerasoulis (scientist) and Jim Lanzone (VP) of
Ask:
   http://www.e-marketing-news.co.uk/Feb05/apostolos.html

Beyond PageRank, by three Microsoft/MSN researchers:
   http://www2006.org/programme/files/xhtml/3101/p3101-Richardson.html

Good reading,

           -s
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