Google Engine Discussed At Popular Mechanics
Google Search Guru Udi Manber answered 20 questions over at Popular Mechanics, and they were not discussing gas mileage or horse power. The questions covered the future of search and Google’s role in the industry.
Manber, “a computer science professor at the University of Arizona, then a senior vice president at Amazon and Yahoo’s chief scientist, Manber is now vice president in charge of search quality for Google, where he makes sure results are engineered to the utmost (near) perfection.”
Go Wildcats – I thought all the Jedi Search Knights came from Stanford!
One question’s response was very interesting.
Do you find that the content on the Web is evolving to be more search-engine friendly?
It’s hard to say. It’s definitely still lacking. I wish people would put more effort into thinking about how other people will find them and putting the right keywords onto their pages.
Now is that a recommendation of keyword stuffing or just an instruction that specific keywords on a page influence placement?
The article is well worth the read to get an understanding of how a senior Googler sees the search space.
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