Google Bourbon IV - Authority Knob On 11

As Bourbon heads towards its final hours, some interesting side effects are surfacing.

Right now, Google seems to have the authority knob turned to 11. A good example is a google search for "adsense".

If you notice, Slashdot is currently ranking #4 for adsense, in fact, the article that is ranking is the discussion of the recent AdSense URL hijacking.



There are several other examples of this - authority sites like the New York Times ranking for terms that an article covers.

It remains to see if adjusting the weight of authority sites is going to be part of the "tweaking", or if it is going to stick.

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