Sep 19, 2006
Random search beats algorithms
Search engines spend huge amounts of money fine-tuning their search algorithms, but a report in the journal Complexus suggests that they might be wasting their time. Lörincz and colleagues argue that random results provide just as many positive hits on a given subject as even the sharpest algorithm available. You can read my interpretation of their findings in this article on search engines.
Reposted with link correction.
