It's also worth noting that anchor text analysis is not even Google's algorithm - Teoma was the first to look at it and Google adopted a similar filter within a few months - which suggests that it's not a problem of relevancy that just Google is...
Second, instead of ranking results based upon the sites with the most links leading to them, Teoma analyzes the Web as it is organically organized -- in naturally-occurring communities about or related to the same subject -- to determine which...
Second, instead of ranking results based upon the sites with the most links leading to them, Teoma analyzes the Web as it is organically organized -- in naturally-occurring communities about or related to the same subject -- to determine which...
While Google is the most often talked about engine when it comes to link popularity, especially when their trademark PageRank is used as the yardstick for measurement, Teoma has made a significant impact on measuring quality links.
While Google is the most often talked about engine when it comes to link popularity, especially when their trademark PageRank is used as the yardstick for measurement, Teoma has made a significant impact on measuring quality links.
This one by Leslie Walker is unique in that she actually ran queries pitting Teoma against Google. Google won about three-quarters of the time, but she liked Teoma's refine feature, something Google lacks.
This one by Leslie Walker is unique in that she actually ran queries pitting Teoma against Google. Google won about three-quarters of the time, but she liked Teoma's refine feature, something Google lacks.
If you want to broaden your results to incorporate smaller, less connected sites, use a search engine like Teoma that actively seeks "native" communities relevant to your query. For this reason, Google and other search engines do many other things...
Next week, the show comes to London on April 23 & 24, featuring speakers from AltaVista, Ask Jeeves/Teoma, Espotting, FAST/AllTheWeb, Google, Inktomi, LookSmart, Lycos Europe, MSN Search, the Open Directory, Overture and Yahoo.
While the value of calculating global versus relative page popularity may be arguable, there's no disagreement that Teoma's system is allowing it to do two things that Google does not: the presentation of "Expert Links" and the autoclassification...
