Ranking search results

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Hello:With regard to sorting search results by best match, does anyone know what parameters define best match other than the fact that a word or combination of words appears on a page?For example, does the number of instances of search terms on a page affect the rank (a page with 10 instances would rank higher than a page with one instance)?Are there other considerations that anybody is aware of?Thanks.-- Sally Reidy d'Vinci Interactive------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Ranking search results (John Peacock 2002)
  2. Re: Ranking search results (Pedro Rivera 2002)
  3. Re: Ranking search results (John Peacock 2002)
  4. Ranking search results (sally 2002)
Hello:With regard to sorting search results by best match, does anyone know what parameters define best match other than the fact that a word or combination of words appears on a page?For example, does the number of instances of search terms on a page affect the rank (a page with 10 instances would rank higher than a page with one instance)?Are there other considerations that anybody is aware of?Thanks.-- Sally Reidy d'Vinci Interactive------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ sally

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