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by folli 3349 days ago
That's actually a really scary example.
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TheOtherHobbes 3349 days ago
It also highlights why ML graphing techniques are a poor (lazy?) way to represent knowledge.

Having a data structure with an entry in it is not the same as knowing something with an acceptable level of confidence.

This is basically automated Chinese whispers. There's no sanity checking, no peer review, and no reality testing.

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tyingq 3349 days ago
It's not the worst one.

Here's one where absolutely NOTHING above the fold is a good idea. http://imgur.com/a/RXABg

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lordCarbonFiber 3349 days ago
That's a really interesting problem space, because what do you do when the foundation of the question is terrible, and yet, there exists plenty of information saying otherwise. What is even the ideal result from that query?

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes I suppose.

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tyingq 3349 days ago
I agree in terms of the organic results that come back.

However, I don't see the logic in picking one of them and highlighting it. It has the appearance of an endorsement.

I would also argue that the ads are deceptive for this query. Surely there's some AdWords policy about that?

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