We all know that search engines have crazy algorithms for figuring out how to produce desired results when individuals search the web, but can we confidently say that we are getting the best results? The article makes it seem that while search engines such as Google have it down to a science, there are still elements that throw the system off when someone searches for something completely out of the ordinary. Algorithms may be good for the general users but aren’t 100% guaranteed. Everyone has a favorite search engine but I feel that its best to use multiple search engines to broaden ones search results and to account for those odd items we may search and which the algorithms can’t guarantee.
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I don’t know if I would necessarily say that searching for something out of the ordinary “throws off the system”. I mean what constitutes as an ordinary search? For agreements sakes, if I am a huge admirer of sharks, I then would probably search for information about the various species of sharks on a regular basis. This would be an ordinary search for me. On the other hand someone who is deadly afraid of sharks most likely doesn’t search for information on them. But for some reason if said person did conduct a search on sharks, the engine would realize that this isn’t usually behavior but it would still pull up results just as quickly.
If you’re asking what is considered “out of the ordinary” and who determines that than i know what you mean. Searching for sharks is out of the ordinary for one person but not so much for another, in that sense you’re right, but when i read the article I think they meant specific for the person. Since search engines remember and cater to a specific users searches, I think the author of the article meant that if on that same search engine for that same user, if something is searched out of the norm for that person, than that throws the system off. Like if I usually research cars and extreme sports, if I than go to search for frogs or women’s bra, than the search engine would be somewhat confused as there isn’t any prior history of searching for those things. I’m not saying that the search engine will be off for next time with those topics but it will depend on you searching for such things more often and then it will adjust search results to include such topics as frogs or women’s bras.