It isn't a thorough explanation, but Google does explain how its ranking
system works at http://www.google.com/technology/index.html
Google does not allow increased ranking for pay.....they are placed in the
ads at the top and around the search results.
Gary A. Wasdin
Training Coordinator
The New York Public Library
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
New York, NY 10018-2788
212-930-9284
gwasdin at nypl.org
"Abbott, Bruce"
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babbot
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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New Orleans, LA 70112
504-568-7718 (fax)
504-568-6103 (voice)
babbot at lsuhsc.edu