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by breakfastduck 1668 days ago
> Yes, that's plausible. Should be measurable quantitively too. Can you cite some data on this? :)

It's a bit bloody rich for you to come out with that attitude when your entire point revolves around your opinion of 'common sense'

> Do you really think it is possible that Google runs an implementation test of a new ranking model, and deploys it, while all measurements, human labeling, and user tests show it is doing worse? Of course not! Only if you think you are smarter, could you think that Google search changed and has gotten worse.

You seem to be confusing the concepts of 'Google have made their tech more profitable' and 'Google have made their search capability better'.
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Reuzel 1668 days ago
Of all things, I am sure that this discussion thread did not add value to this community conversation, and as such, serves as spam. Apologies, and let's hope Google bot finds ways to ignore low-information content in a threaded forum. Maybe they could even locate the exact post which caused the derail, and apply some authority penalty on its author.
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breakfastduck 1667 days ago
Smartness system
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Reuzel 1668 days ago
No, I used common sense, but I actually have the quantitative data that poster was asking about. Right now, I am doing exact keyword matches and trying to find myself. Will get back to you when my analysis is done.

> You seem to be confusing the concepts of 'Google have made their tech more profitable' and 'Google have made their search capability better'.

No, you are confused. Try to Google the article I was talking about. It talks of perceived value to the user. What value would you lose without access to Google maps, search, youtube, gmail, etc.?

Google made their tech more valuable. That sounds like an improvement to me.

> Google have made their search capability better

If you want an explanation for this obvious statement (and not be demanded to ask in return how capitalism works), I suggest you first try to code a simple search engine. I think a 100-line Python script with some imports would do. Only this would make talking about capabilities possible.

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