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Originally posted by wckrause
No, that would be improving the quality of your search engine by preventing other people from using it to editorialize.
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I have to disagree Bill. The system is designed such that large data sets make up the rankings. In order to manipulate the results, a large number of people have to create link that indicate a point of view. If those people in fact believe it to be true, then is it manipulation? Or rather a majority opinion?
The web is all about editorializing. With the advent of social software like weblogs, the common man now has a platform for publication, and given the democratic methods of indexing used by google and other search engines, the playing field is leveled.
If a large number of people decided that Bush was the "greatest president ever", and published to that effect on their sites, then google would end up with that reference. Would you want that removed too?
It's all about people having a voice and being in a connected society. The rules have changed now. Unlike the "legitimate" press like CNN, Fox, who can choose what message they want to send, google is non-denomonational, and just goes by the numbers. Their system is flawed, but it is more free than the information that comes out of the corporate controlled media outlets.