It’s made the headlines on the Internet. Google is working on a plan to rank search results based on valid facts contained in the Content. The search engine’s researchers put out a paper in February this year which outlined progress on this approach.
If Google ultimately adopts this method & tweaks its search algorithms, needless to say, the world of search as we know it, is bound to change forever. Under the proposed plan, factual validity will contribute more to a page’s search ranking. At present, the biggest factor is how many other external pages link to the Web page in question. It is, however, felt that this isn’t always the correct way to measure quality content. Correctness or the right facts have nothing to do with the number of links connecting to a page. The Google research team wants to revise the current system to look for inaccuracies instead of links.
Google Researchers Are Ranking Web Pages By Facts Not Links – Gizmodo
http://news.google.com Mar 2, 2015
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In charge of truth? Google considers ranking sites on facts, not popularity – RT
http://news.google.com Mar 2, 2015
Google is considering putting itself in charge of online truth, in order to assist users in an age of information overload. The web giant would rank search results based o …
Telecom chief calls for Google/Facebook regulation, while Google changes … – The Stack
http://news.google.com Mar 2, 2015
Hoettges’ call comes in the lee of The New Scientist’s revelation that Google intends to change its search-results ranking algorithm based on the accuracy o …
Google Is Thinking About Ranking Search Results Based on Facts Instead of Links – Slate.com
Mar 2, 2015
New hoaxes and misinformation crop up on the Internet every day, and it can be hard to tell fact from fiction. This is especially true on the most popular platforms, but help may be on the way….
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