Google’s 'Silver Medals'
By Nathan Weinberg
Expert Author
Article Date: 2006-02-17
Steve Rubel has coined a great term: "Silver Medals", for those secondary results Google will sometimes show on searches. Don't be surprised if you hear that being thrown around a bit.
So, how does Google choose its silver medals? I always assumed it was nothing more than the second most relevant page for that search. The silver medal for a search for my name is this post, which makes sense, what with 99 links pointint at it. Sometimes I get confused when Google runs a silver medal, and I click on the "More results from _______.com" link, only to see a very different ordering of result.
About the Author:
Nathan Weinberg writes the popular InsideGoogle blog, offering the latest news and insights about Google and search engines.
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