> But, in spite of its limitations, I don't want to give these search engines a > hard time for not ranking stories about Michael Jackson's death at the top of > the page, right after it happened. As an event, it's just NOT THAT > IMPORTANT.
Search engines tend to rank based on how users seem to rank importance. Thus, Karl Malden, another Gary, Indiana born and raised got short shrift, while Farah Fawcett got relegated to some sort of never-never land for the recently departed. If you're going to blame anyone, blame those who did the searching for Michael Jackson, not those who responded to the demand, just the same search engines would have responded to lots of searches for Karl Malden or Ed McMahon. It's vox populi with a vengeance. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
