question about google

[hfojvt]

so I google my user-name and hit "I'm feeling lucky" and I get this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=3311707&mesg_id=3315378

Of all the posts about all the gin joints I have either smoked or written about, why is that one at the top? And it's not even one of my posts.

Maybe I could just ask minimandaruth since those youngsters know all about the internets and computers.

[NMMNG]

1. "I'm Feeling Lucky" takes you directly to the first "hit" for whatever

search term you Googled. As to how they determined what would be first:

Google is also famous for how it looks up information. Google's approach looks, in part, at what pages are linked to a given page. The company claims its "PageRank technology" employs more than 500 million variables and two billion terms. "PageRank interprets a link from Page A to Page B as a vote for Page B by Page A," says Google in its technology overview. "PageRank then assesses a page's importance by the number of votes it receives. But not all "votes" are given equal weight. A link from what Google ranks as an important page is given greater value. The search engine also analyzes page content. But because publishers can manipulate the content of a page to try to elevate its importance, Google also considers such things as the size of the font and the location of each word and the content of neighboring web pages.

http://www.gihyo.co.jp/magazine/SD/pacific/SD_0408.html



Hopefully this helps.

[hfojvt]

2. so my own question is going to produce a link to that page

However, where are the other pages linking to that post and why do they not appear in a google search? Who is doing the voting?

[NMMNG]

3. All of the pages are there, they just aren't open

If you want to see all of them in sequence go to the top and click on "View All". Then it will open the entire thread for you to view.

As to who is "voting" I don't know about that. :shrug: