Google’s first-stage retrieval still runs on word matching, not AI magic. Here’s how to use content scoring tools accordingly.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Google antitrust case shows that the AI Overviews ranking process does not use links as part of the ranking process. A sharp-eyed search marketer discovered the reason why Google’s AI Overviews showed ...

I'm using a Windows program called 5-520a9_BFS.zip, and I'm encountering a serious issue with its core functionality. The BFS (Breadth-First Search) algorithm implemented in the software seems to ...

If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle the easiest pieces first. But this kind of sorting has a cost.

Google’s June 2025 Core Update just finished. What’s notable is that while some say it was a big update, it didn’t feel disruptive, indicating that the changes may have been more subtle than game ...

If you’ve been making the same commute for a long time, you’ve probably settled on what seems like the best route. But “best” is a slippery concept. Perhaps one day there’s an accident or road closure ...

A professor has helped create a powerful new algorithm that uncovers hidden patterns in complex networks, with potential uses in fraud detection, biology and knowledge discovery. University of ...