Comments on: Google Makes Us Dumb. You Won’t Believe What Happens Next https://thomaslarock.com/2014/07/google-makes-us-dumb-wont-believe-happens-next/ Thomas LaRock is an author, speaker, data expert, and SQLRockstar. He helps people connect, learn, and share. Along the way he solves data problems, too. Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:34:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Richard Lee https://thomaslarock.com/2014/07/google-makes-us-dumb-wont-believe-happens-next/#comment-12105 Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:34:54 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=11352#comment-12105 It says a lot about the importance of page hits when blogs hosted on WordPress have page views as the *only* stats available. Doesn’t tell me anything of the readers thoughts on quality/usefulness.

]]> By: Dude https://thomaslarock.com/2014/07/google-makes-us-dumb-wont-believe-happens-next/#comment-12089 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:27:15 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=11352#comment-12089 In reply to ThomasLaRock.

Is rather get dumber with Google, than use Bing.

]]> By: ThomasLaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2014/07/google-makes-us-dumb-wont-believe-happens-next/#comment-11201 Sun, 13 Jul 2014 13:01:00 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=11352#comment-11201 In reply to DoctorOwl.

I remember Alexa, but never really used it that much. And your point about “ulterior motive” is spot on. If it involves money then yeah, the system will be gamed. I have no evidence to support this, but I suspect humans have been doing this to each other ever since currency was invented.

]]> By: DoctorOwl https://thomaslarock.com/2014/07/google-makes-us-dumb-wont-believe-happens-next/#comment-11199 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 03:18:00 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=11352#comment-11199 But in the beginning of the internet we had Alexa rankings where the popularity of your site depended on how well rated it was (manually, on a toolbar!) by users as they visited it. And yet that didn’t work in the end for some reason…

If I think now about how to bring that model back, my first thought is, “How can you validate these ratings are real, from real users, without an ulterior motive?” The system would just immediately be gamed, just like links are gamed, just like SEO is gamed.

It appears to be an almost intractable problem to solve.

]]> By: (SFTW) SQL Server Links 11/07/14 - John Sansom https://thomaslarock.com/2014/07/google-makes-us-dumb-wont-believe-happens-next/#comment-11194 Fri, 11 Jul 2014 10:01:39 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=11352#comment-11194 […] Google Makes Us Dumb. You Won’t Believe What Happens Next […]

]]> By: ThomasLaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2014/07/google-makes-us-dumb-wont-believe-happens-next/#comment-11168 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 17:06:00 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=11352#comment-11168 In reply to HardWorkingFamily.

Funny thing about that…I do find myself using Bing more and more these days.

]]> By: HardWorkingFamily https://thomaslarock.com/2014/07/google-makes-us-dumb-wont-believe-happens-next/#comment-11167 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 16:37:00 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=11352#comment-11167 In reply to ThomasLaRock.

or just use Bing and find it on page 1

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