On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Kul Takanao Wadhwa <kwad...@wikimedia.org>wrote:
> On 3/19/11 1:56 PM, Erik Moeller wrote: > > 2011/3/19 Erik Moeller <e...@wikimedia.org>: > >> Looks like it's one of their small percentage experiments. Haven't > >> been able to reproduce it myself. Not clear whether it's just > >> wikipedia.org or other/all sites. > > Bence pointed to this explanation: > > > http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/hide-sites-to-find-more-of-what-you.html > > > Thx. I know about the general blocking option but wanted to know if > anyone has seen other sites, besides Wikipedia, specifically called out > too. > > I haven't seen this feature in action yet, but if I understood how it works, it gives the blocking option for the site you just visited (presuming that it was a bad result and that's why you returned to the search page), that way you wouldn't see other sites called out if you return from a Wikipedia result, but you would if you choose some other result. It is just "unlucky", that Wikipedia has 10M+ pages, so a simple block based on the domain can go a huge way... Best regards, Bence > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l