Google to just let Wikipedia control search results from now on

You know, when searching for something as seemingly basic as that in the graphic below, one would expect that a multi-million dollar TV network's main site or the page listing their shows would appear first in the results, not what is simply a bunch of junk, including at least two mailing list messages in the first five results. And, of course, what would search results be without the now-obligatory Wikipedia entr(ies)?

The Yahoo results are strikingly similar, and this might be related to that network now just using its initials. However, one would think there would be hundreds of old links using its full name or that these search engines would be able to figure it out and deliver something at least slightly helpful.


Miscellania · Thu, 03/08/2007 - 11:20 · · Importance: 1


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