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0 pointsjedberg7y ago0 comments

But you still need a third party to rank the results. I don't just want any page about my error message, I want the best page.

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jonathanstrange7y ago· 2 in thread

The page rank could be a transparent algorithm, which is regularly updated by a consortium like W3C.

The question is whether this would work in an adversarial setting where every party tries to inflate their page rankings by any trick they can find.

dageshi7y ago

Not a chance it would survive. Google has enough problems fighting SEO right now and they don't publish their algorithm and have incredibly deep pockets.

swalsh7y ago

Personally, I don't want "The page rank algorithm" I want 100 page rank algorithms made by 100 people. Transparency is important, but I think competition is more important.

zdxt7y ago

The platform could provide useful metadata, leaving the ranking up to the client..

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