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by litewulf 6340 days ago
Forgive me if I misunderstand, but couldn't you just look at what people click on and assume they had clicked next for all the results before it?
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No, the point is that you have a text box that always accurately answers your query. For example, you type in "hangover cure" and it gives you a hangover cure. You type in "what is the capital of Benin" and it gives you the answer. You type in "Microsoft" and it shows you the microsoft website.

The search engine learns because when the answer is wrong, people select the "next" button. If you just return a list of search results, people will often click the first link because it's first.