tea.mathoverflow.net - Discussion Feed (Google picks) Sun, 04 Nov 2018 13:52:34 -0800 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.9 & Feed Publisher Andrew Stacey comments on "Google picks" (12061) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12061#Comment_12061 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12061#Comment_12061 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 06:16:43 -0800 Andrew Stacey Not sure about artificial intelligence, but something spooky. I presume that this list is from searching Google and only considering hits from mathoverflow.net. The short list that I get is:

  • Questions
  • Users
  • The FAQ
  • Fundamental Examples
  • Favorite popular math book

which seems reasonable. These are the ones that Google presents in the same entry as "Mathoverflow.net". If I click on "see more results from mathoverflow.net" then I get a couple of reasonable ones followed by my user page. Is this vanity searching gone mad? I find the top 10 slightly intriguing, but I can't put my finger on precisely what Google is trying to tell me:

  1. MathOverflow
  2. FAQ - MathOverflow
  3. Hottest Questions - MathOverflow
  4. Proofs without words - MathOverflow
  5. User Andrew Stacey - MathOverflow
  6. meta.mathoverflow.net - All Discussions
  7. Do good math jokes exist? - MathOverflow
  8. User Kevin Lin - MathOverflow
  9. Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics. - MathOverflow
  10. howtoask - MathOverflow

If anyone has any suggestions on what message I should read from this, send them on a piece of batter pudding to me c/o Bexhill-on-Sea.

]]> Mariano comments on "Google picks" (12060) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12060#Comment_12060 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12060#Comment_12060 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 05:25:05 -0800 Mariano Yeah. I am still not sold on intelligence tout court... :)

]]> WillieWong comments on "Google picks" (12058) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12058#Comment_12058 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12058#Comment_12058 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 04:47:24 -0800 WillieWong

... and maybe it will get the idea.

I see you are optimistic about artificial intelligence.

]]> Anton Geraschenko comments on "Google picks" (12034) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12034#Comment_12034 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12034#Comment_12034 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 19:24:56 -0800 Anton Geraschenko It only gives me a way to block individual user pages, and only individual user pages that it's decided are interesting. I'll try blocking whatever user pages it finds every now and then, and maybe it will get the idea.

]]> Mariano comments on "Google picks" (12032) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12032#Comment_12032 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12032#Comment_12032 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:33:18 -0800 Mariano @Anton: maybe you can tell it not to point to user pages? Bragging about our users looks a bit out of place to me :)

]]> Scott Morrison comments on "Google picks" (12031) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12031#Comment_12031 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12031#Comment_12031 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:33:12 -0800 Scott Morrison It seems likely that we should ask them not to use individual user pages, but maybe it makes sense to ask the current "picks" how they feel about this! :-)

]]> Anton Geraschenko comments on "Google picks" (12030) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12030#Comment_12030 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12030#Comment_12030 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:25:11 -0800 Anton Geraschenko I don't know how Google picks them, but I can ask it not to use some particular page through Google Webmasters.

(Is the hosting really supported by Ravi Vakil?)

The hosting cost is currently $0, and will remain so in the foreseeable future. Before MO was launched, Ravi agreed to fund it when it became necessary, but the SE people never ended up even asking for any billing information.

]]> Harry Gindi comments on "Google picks" (12029) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12029#Comment_12029 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12029#Comment_12029 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:17:21 -0800 Harry Gindi You could ask a google employee!

]]> Scott Morrison comments on "Google picks" (12028) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12028#Comment_12028 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12028#Comment_12028 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:52:52 -0800 Scott Morrison I don't quite remember, but I did read a blog post about this. Google does it automatically, somehow. I don't think we can directly affect the choices they make.

]]> José Figueroa comments on "Google picks" (12027) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12027#Comment_12027 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12027#Comment_12027 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:15:28 -0800 José Figueroa I get exactly the same as Mariano gets. In case it makes any difference, I'm logged on to my gmail account -- even though I think I've disabled the history.

]]> Mariano comments on "Google picks" (12026) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12026#Comment_12026 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12026#Comment_12026 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:14:20 -0800 Mariano (Is the hosting really supported by Ravi Vakil?)

]]> voloch comments on "Google picks" (12025) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12025#Comment_12025 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12025#Comment_12025 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:58:25 -0800 voloch Mariano comments on "Google picks" (12023) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12023#Comment_12023 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/850/google-picks/?Focus=12023#Comment_12023 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:19:27 -0800 Mariano If I google for "mathoverflow", at the moment the first result is of course mo.net, but google also presents me with a short list of subresults:

  • Questions
  • Users
  • The FAQ
  • Fundamental Examples
  • Charles Rezk
  • Favorite popular math book
  • Laurent Moret-Bailly
  • Michael Hardy

Does anyone know how google picks it picks?

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