On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 2:30 AM, Kul Takanao Wadhwa <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 3/19/11 1:56 PM, Erik Moeller wrote: > > 2011/3/19 Erik Moeller <[email protected]>: > >> 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > I first thought it might have had something to do with google's new search algorithm. I thought a similar feature had been around for a while, to block results from a particular site. There was a star option earlier to prioritize results from a particular site, it seems to be a natural progression. It seems to be a personalized search feature, not directly related to Wikipedia visibility in search results. Theo _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
