Anatomy of a Large Scale Social Search Engine

Why are we writing about a new paper on search engines? Well, for starters, much of the work we and our readers do depends on understanding the organization, interpretation, and use of data. Also, in 1998, a couple of nobody’s published a paper titled Anatomy of a Large Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine. Those guys were Sergey Brin and Lawrence Page, and the company they founded is called Google.

“The paper describes the fundamental differences between the traditional “Library” paradigm of web search — in which answers are found in existing online content — and the new “Village” paradigm of social search — in which answers arise in conversation with the people in your network…”

So without further ado, here’s the new paper: Anatomy of a Large Scale Social Search Engine

For those who want the summary version, here’s the link to Aardvark’s blog and announcement: http://blog.vark.com/?p=352

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