[WEB4LIB] More on Google going commercial

[Abbott, Bruce]

Another major problem with commercialization of web search engines is that
sponsor sites have their listings moved to the top of the retrieval list.
As it is, the algorithms which determine the relevance of a given search are
not available for examination by the searcher.  With commercial sponsors,
retrieval can be skewed by factors which have little to do with the
relevance to a given search.

Bruce Abbott
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Library
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