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by anm89 1501 days ago
This isn't correct. I was a quality rater. We spent almost all of our time literally ranking websites.
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Your ranking is a signal that goes into the algorithm, not the actual end result.
I understand that. My post never implies that that was the case.

> Quality Raters look at websites and answer questions about them.

Wrong. I was never asked any questions beyond to rank to site quality for a query

> Quality Raters don’t actually rank website

Wrong again. This is what we did. We assessed website rankings for specific queries.

Why do you think you're the only type of rater?
I understand that.

> Quality Raters look at websites and answer questions about them.

Wrong. At least in my case. I was never asked any questions beyond to rank to site quality for a query