Comments on: Beyond the Algorithm http://www.connectioneconomy.com/2005/10/02/beyond-the-algorythm/ An outlet for musings, observations and futureneering from the company helping you to transition into the connection economy Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:15:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Dragon http://www.connectioneconomy.com/2005/10/02/beyond-the-algorythm/#comment-1394 Dragon Tue, 03 Jan 2006 02:12:43 +0000 http://www.tmtd.biz/2005/10/02/beyond-the-algorythm/#comment-1394 To some extent, I was blaming the company, not the tool, itself. But as you suggested, it is not a big deal -- more of an annoyance. To some extent, I was blaming the company, not the tool, itself. But as you suggested, it is not a big deal — more of an annoyance.

]]> By: Roger http://www.connectioneconomy.com/2005/10/02/beyond-the-algorythm/#comment-1390 Roger Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:18:59 +0000 http://www.tmtd.biz/2005/10/02/beyond-the-algorythm/#comment-1390 Google is just a tool. You can use it for good or evil. In some cases, it's a matter of perspective, like the case above. Besides, I don't see Bush being alarmed that his biography comes up when someone searches for "failure." Don't blame the tool! Google is just a tool. You can use it for good or evil. In some cases, it’s a matter of perspective, like the case above. Besides, I don’t see Bush being alarmed that his biography comes up when someone searches for “failure.” Don’t blame the tool!

]]> By: Dragon http://www.connectioneconomy.com/2005/10/02/beyond-the-algorythm/#comment-1384 Dragon Mon, 02 Jan 2006 12:23:40 +0000 http://www.tmtd.biz/2005/10/02/beyond-the-algorythm/#comment-1384 >>The assumption is that the more sites link to a specific page, the higher the chances are that that page is good quality. Then their are the pranksters, such as the left wing bloggers who got the idea to play a joke on the President. They fixed it so that when you typed "failure" in the box and clicked on "I'm feeling lucky", a biography of Bush from the Whitehouse site would pop up. Google says, they can't do anything about it, because it's a political statement -- to do anything would be to make a political statement. Google says it's against their policy to make political statements. So now, Google is a political forum? >>The assumption is that the more sites link to a specific page, the higher the chances are that that page is good quality.

Then their are the pranksters, such as the left wing bloggers who got the idea to play a joke on the President. They fixed it so that when you typed “failure” in the box and clicked on “I’m feeling lucky”, a biography of Bush from the Whitehouse site would pop up. Google says, they can’t do anything about it, because it’s a political statement — to do anything would be to make a political statement. Google says it’s against their policy to make political statements.

So now, Google is a political forum?

]]> By: Roger http://www.connectioneconomy.com/2005/10/02/beyond-the-algorythm/#comment-649 Roger Tue, 04 Oct 2005 15:02:07 +0000 http://www.tmtd.biz/2005/10/02/beyond-the-algorythm/#comment-649 The interesting thing here is that this algorithm is tied into social networking. Google calls it their "Pagerank" technology - where the relevance of a certain page on the internet is ranked not on the content it contains but on how many other sites link to it. The assumption is that the more sites link to a specific page, the higher the chances are that that page is good quality. In "real world" terms this would mean that we'd evaluate somebody primarily on how many other people speak well of them - which works (mostly). Social Networking pops up yet again... The interesting thing here is that this algorithm is tied into social networking. Google calls it their “Pagerank” technology - where the relevance of a certain page on the internet is ranked not on the content it contains but on how many other sites link to it. The assumption is that the more sites link to a specific page, the higher the chances are that that page is good quality.

In “real world” terms this would mean that we’d evaluate somebody primarily on how many other people speak well of them - which works (mostly).

Social Networking pops up yet again…

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