[Sigia-l] "The magic that makes Google tick"

[Livia Labate]

Ziya said:
> If you're into how Google (one of the very few companies that actually
> matter) works architecturally, here's an interesting piece:
> <http://www.zdnet.co.uk/insight/hardware/0,39020433,39175560,00.htm>

Worthy comment on the last page:

"Quality of search results: One big area of complaints for Google is
connected to the growing prominence of commercial search results -- in
particular price comparison engines and e-commerce sites. Hölzle is quick
to defend Google's performance "on every metric", but admits there is a
problem with the Web getting, as he puts it, "more commercial". Even three
years ago, he said, the Web had much more of a grass roots feeling to it.
"We have thought of having a button saying 'give me less commercial
results'," but the company has shied away from implementing this yet."