Re: Ranking search results

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 46413
interpreted = N
texte = Would those people that know for sure please speak up? Our Search Engine is under the magnifying glass recently and would love to know the answer as well.Thanks.-----Original Message----- From: John Peacock [mailto:jpeacock@rowman.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 2:05 PM To: WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com Subject: Re: Ranking search results sally wrote: > 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?The best match sorting algorythm is known only to Grant and/or the current developers of WebCat. It is proprietary, but I believe that Grant once saidthat the number of word matches was not important (you can have the same word repeated multiple times and it will not increase the score for that record).John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/------------------------------------------------------------- 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)
Would those people that know for sure please speak up? Our Search Engine is under the magnifying glass recently and would love to know the answer as well.Thanks.-----Original Message----- From: John Peacock [mailto:jpeacock@rowman.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 2:05 PM To: WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com Subject: Re: Ranking search results sally wrote: > 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?The best match sorting algorythm is known only to Grant and/or the current developers of WebCat. It is proprietary, but I believe that Grant once saidthat the number of word matches was not important (you can have the same word repeated multiple times and it will not increase the score for that record).John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Pedro Rivera

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