Comments on: PageRank in academia http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-in-academia/ neat fun stuff Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:19:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: medical research http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-in-academia/#comment-120788 medical research Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:21:27 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=366#comment-120788 Ranking papers by using a PageRank-like algorithm could be a worthwile idea to test. I wonder if this will become more popular or is it just a short term fashion? Ranking papers by using a PageRank-like algorithm could be a worthwile idea to test. I wonder if this will become more popular or is it just a short term fashion?

]]> By: ronald http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-in-academia/#comment-112832 ronald Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:24:27 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=366#comment-112832 nice post! new here! nice post! new here!

]]> By: Ars http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-in-academia/#comment-109734 Ars Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:22:56 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=366#comment-109734 Oh god, what will be next? Chips in their brains? I cannot believe, something have to stay same and that is school system. Great subject Matt, I have to admit that I thought that people don't care about it but I was wrong. Oh god, what will be next? Chips in their brains? I cannot believe, something have to stay same and that is school system. Great subject Matt, I have to admit that I thought that people don’t care about it but I was wrong.

]]> By: Bally http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-in-academia/#comment-101110 Bally Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:16:28 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=366#comment-101110 Lol! I wonder what the cost per view of that would be. But I think would be a great idea because only quality articles would get that higher rank. Great Post! Lol! I wonder what the cost per view of that would be.
But I think would be a great idea because only quality articles would get that higher rank.
Great Post!

]]> By: Bradman http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-in-academia/#comment-100486 Bradman Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:46:49 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=366#comment-100486 great info great info

]]> By: MrTurner http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-in-academia/#comment-76435 MrTurner Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:21:03 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=366#comment-76435 Wow. That post was textbook salesmanship 101. I would love to work at Google. Did you study marketing or sales at school Matt? I am thinking of majoring in it, and want to know what courses you recommend! Great post, as always Matt! Nearly as beautiful as "Emmy". Wow. That post was textbook salesmanship 101. I would love to work at Google.

Did you study marketing or sales at school Matt? I am thinking of majoring in it, and want to know what courses you recommend!

Great post, as always Matt! Nearly as beautiful as “Emmy”.

]]> By: Peter Keres http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-in-academia/#comment-76138 Peter Keres Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:41:39 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=366#comment-76138 Have done some searches on the net lately that made me realize that while, yes, it's probably a good time to be a student, on the other hand the available references over the net are a tempting source of information, so that they students would not do any work on their own. I mean I haven't heard until recently of the site that is in fact the resource to look up backwards references to filter out cheating students, so that teachers and editors can spot if someone turns in a paper that seems to be originating from another author or authors!... Meaning if you are only half-into doing your research on the net... which may take as much time as coming up with ideas on your own -.- ... anyone is able as of now... to track the source of your information or opinions to their original authors. There was however a couple of years when many students were ... living off of reports they found on the net ;) Besides... Regarding PageRank... The reason why I found this entry this time.. actually. While the algorythm might be good, or at least the basic idea better than not having anything at all... its implementation is... questionable. A certain site... ( well... take a guess whose site it is ) had its pagerank decided as 0 out of 10 even before its launch. For its domain was publicised as a static link by a whois harvesting company the same day it was registered... in a context, and at a time when the actual pages were not yet present of course. A certain bot crawled the not so legal information gatherer, and as the only reference / referrer to the actual pages, made it look real bad, thus was not just indexed as undecided pagerank but a 0 out of 10... in which state it still is. No matter how many other entries on the net refer to it. For it's quite popular among those who even find it. And on the net the option to get someone after making you look bad doesn't worth anything, the indexing and the damage has been done, and nothing will make it vanish it seems ( speaking after two and a half months of experience ). While offline publications sooner or later wander into the corners of libraries, verandas and are forgotten at the summer houses... academy indexes are refreshed by actual people... libraries are overhauled based on demand... algorythms just can't handle such situations as they're not programmed to judge pages by their... good will. If you know who should be contacted to at least reset the chance-o-meter please tell me, I'm bust. I can imagine citations being either accidentally or deliberately too early for someone. Without them knowing it. Have done some searches on the net lately that made me realize that while, yes, it’s probably a good time to be a student, on the other hand the available references over the net are a tempting source of information, so that they students would not do any work on their own. I mean I haven’t heard until recently of the site that is in fact the resource to look up backwards references to filter out cheating students, so that teachers and editors can spot if someone turns in a paper that seems to be originating from another author or authors!… Meaning if you are only half-into doing your research on the net… which may take as much time as coming up with ideas on your own -.- … anyone is able as of now… to track the source of your information or opinions to their original authors. There was however a couple of years when many students were … living off of reports they found on the net ;)

Besides…
Regarding PageRank…
The reason why I found this entry this time.. actually.

While the algorythm might be good, or at least the basic idea better than not having anything at all… its implementation is… questionable.

A certain site… ( well… take a guess whose site it is ) had its pagerank decided as 0 out of 10 even before its launch. For its domain was publicised as a static link by a whois harvesting company the same day it was registered… in a context, and at a time when the actual pages were not yet present of course. A certain bot crawled the not so legal information gatherer, and as the only reference / referrer to the actual pages, made it look real bad, thus was not just indexed as undecided pagerank but a 0 out of 10… in which state it still is. No matter how many other entries on the net refer to it. For it’s quite popular among those who even find it. And on the net the option to get someone after making you look bad doesn’t worth anything, the indexing and the damage has been done, and nothing will make it vanish it seems ( speaking after two and a half months of experience ).

While offline publications sooner or later wander into the corners of libraries, verandas and are forgotten at the summer houses… academy indexes are refreshed by actual people… libraries are overhauled based on demand… algorythms just can’t handle such situations as they’re not programmed to judge pages by their… good will.

If you know who should be contacted to at least reset the chance-o-meter please tell me, I’m bust.

I can imagine citations being either accidentally or deliberately too early for someone. Without them knowing it.

]]> By: Netfreez http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-in-academia/#comment-75251 Netfreez Fri, 25 Aug 2006 23:57:00 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=366#comment-75251 I just don't see how this could be seen as a positive contribution to the academic world. As Michael Martinez already mentioned in one of his posts, inbound links may pose a good and bad feedback for your site (paper) so even with websites PageRank has shown great strengths but with time people are more and more concerned about its weaknesses. I just don’t see how this could be seen as a positive contribution to the academic world. As Michael Martinez already mentioned in one of his posts, inbound links may pose a good and bad feedback for your site (paper) so even with websites PageRank has shown great strengths but with time people are more and more concerned about its weaknesses.

]]> By: Michael Martinez http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-in-academia/#comment-74729 Michael Martinez Fri, 25 Aug 2006 03:07:30 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=366#comment-74729 Sorry, Matt. For some reason, I didn't see that my earlier reply to SearchStudent was still here. Only when I posted the second, shorter followup did I see my reply (I'm on a differet machine). I'm just having a Michael Martinez Day, I think.... Sorry, Matt. For some reason, I didn’t see that my earlier reply to SearchStudent was still here. Only when I posted the second, shorter followup did I see my reply (I’m on a differet machine). I’m just having a Michael Martinez Day, I think….

]]> By: Michael Martinez http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-in-academia/#comment-74727 Michael Martinez Fri, 25 Aug 2006 03:06:10 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=366#comment-74727 SearchStudent, my "poisen pen" remark was a bit of mental meandering. It really has nothing to do with how Google Scholar ranks documents. SearchStudent, my “poisen pen” remark was a bit of mental meandering. It really has nothing to do with how Google Scholar ranks documents.

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