whitenight - 4:58 pm on May 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

MC isnt stupid, and Im sure he and most of the stock holding Googlers appreciate the relationship that exists between real estate and mortgage. Matt's critique was based on his opinion of intent as determined by the context (placement as well as quality of sites that were linked to in the vicinity) in which that mortgage link appeared on the real estate site.

This isn't about MC being stupid nor all the PHD's.

But about BOTS...little computers that run on 0's and 1's knowing "intent".

In the grand scheme of things, gambling, "blue pills", pxrn, and loans(money) are ALWAYS relevant to the searcher. Why?

Because most people think about easy money, or s-e-x more than they think of ANY OTHER SINGLE issue.

But how does a computer program determine relevancy unless a page/site is flagged and then looked at with HUMAN eyes?

Which is why his "examples" are faulty to begin with. How did a general algorithm determine those links were "irrelevant" BEFORE MC actually looked at the site?

Amazing how their bots are able to "read minds" but can't do basic duties like spot hidden text, eh?