I think that the interesting direction here is that if enough users
make use of the feature, that aggregate data could then be trickled
back into the page ranking algorithm. It seems to directly correlate
to a page's popularity based on links to it. If, given a similar
query, more users find particular pages useful and say so with a vote
- a general indication of the value of that page can be derived.
Obviously this has to be tempered with techniques to avoid 'spamming'
the results - but I suspect that Google has thought of that!
As others have said - an interesting start. And I did find myself
clicking on a result or two voting them 'up' before I really knew what
the feature was all about. Pretty easy to grasp.
Cheers,
Jason
Jason Pamental
director, interactive/technology
(add)ventures
117 chapman street
providence, ri 02905
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