Search Engine Results Relatively Fair 100
perkr writes "The Economist and PhysicsWeb report on a study from Indiana
University claiming that search engines have an egalitarian effect
that gives new pages a greater chance to be discovered, compared to
what would be the case in the absence of search engines. Based on an
analysis of Web traffic and topology, this result contradicts the
widely held 'Googlearchy' hypothesis according to which search engines
amplify the rich-get-richer dynamics of the Web."
This just in (Score:3, Funny)
This just in - Yellow Pages give new businesses a greater chance to be
discovered.
Re:What is this? (Score:3, Funny)
It looks more like something which is trying to look like a cypher. The repeated blocks are redundant, nothing more.
Perhaps it is a social experiment, designed to draw out paranoid theories.
(Accepts pat on tinfoil hatted head)