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Gladwell Slaps Google
Gladwell Slaps Google
Posted Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 1:14pm
In New York Magazine's profile of Malcolm Gladwell, the celebrity quirkmeister declares, "Google is the answer to the problem we didn't have. It doesn't tell you what's interesting or what's important. There's still more in the library than there is on Google." Sure, but can the library record every time you used the Dewey Decimal System to find upskirt pics of Britney Spears?
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Respect Gladwell, but he's wrong...
While I'm a fan of Gladwell's, I think his view on Google is dead wrong. The basis of Google's algorithm is interest/importance in the form of backlinks. Since then, its PageRank analysis has come closer than any other search engine at presenting relevant results to queries based on...interest and importance.
It may be imperfect, but certainly more efficient than sifting through a dusty card catalog.