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temi · #1 (**permalink**) 05-03-2005, 06:22 PM

Google is constantly looking to improve search
Google is planning to improve online news searches.
A patent filed in the US will allow stories to be ranked according to their quality, rather than just by relevance.

The patent would create a system to compare the track record and credibility of different news sources, New Scientist magazine has reported.

The database would weigh up a series of variables, including story length, number of staff employed and amount of traffic to its website.

source/full story: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4508637.stm

#2 (**permalink**) 05-04-2005, 03:10 AM

So I can write a 4 page news article and possibly be ranked higher? I wonder how this works for a lot of the open source software programs like postnuke that have a main body and a readmore body.

OldWelshGuy · #3 (**permalink**) 05-04-2005, 06:13 AM

So we can look forward to having lots of BBC news stories at the top then

#4 (**permalink**) 05-04-2005, 07:03 AM

Doesn't bbc stand for big bull crap?

I guess anythings better than repeated news on Michael Jacksons nose and Martha Stewart ignoring house arrest.

#5 (**permalink**) 05-04-2005, 10:26 AM

Maybe we will create a home made script for news and we will go up in Rank

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I think that this will not happend to increase in rank in this way.

Ovi

Paul_KY · #6 (**permalink**) 05-04-2005, 01:08 PM

For reliable, fair and balanced news, go to www.foxnews.com

#7 (**permalink**) 05-13-2005, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul_KY

For reliable, fair and balanced news, go to www.foxnews.com

ROFLMAO!! :armada37:

Paul_KY · #8 (**permalink**) 05-13-2005, 11:35 AM

They report, you decide.

America's most trusted news network.

#9 (**permalink**) 05-13-2005, 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul_KY

They report, you decide.

America's most trusted news network.

Ya but Americans aren't the smartest people on the face of the Earth, they let OJ free.

*waits for rebuttle*

Please don't invade my country now.

I've never looked at them as a news source but will be lurking on their site over the next few weeks to see if what you say is true.