Re: how can i eliminate burleson's stuff from google search results?

From: joel garry <joel-garry_at_home.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 09:44:40 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <65afa40c-5003-4371-8115-0fbe50ecca98_at_z16g2000prd.googlegroups.com>

On May 19, 10:56 pm, ThanksButNo <no.no.tha..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 19, 9:40 pm, spamp..._at_gmail.com wrote:
>
> > All,
>
> > posts from dba-oracle.com tend to rank relatively high in google
> > search.
>
> > is there some setting I can use to eliminate those from the result
> > set?
>
> > thanks!
>
> Are you talking about regular Google search, or in
> Google Groups?
>
> Coz regular Google search has buttons for voting on the
> results. Click the "up-arrow", and the result is boosted
> to the top.  Click the "x", and the result is booted to
> the bottom.
>
> I can't say for certain, but I believe they tally those
> into their top-secret ranking algorithms.  It's not the
> same thing as a "kill file", but if enough people click
> the "x" on certain results, its bound to have an effect.
>
> \:-\

I don't think it will, because so many newbies would rank it high. I suspect the people involved game the system, too. It doesn't take much.

I'm still surprised at the vehemence they generate.

jg

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