A review of many of Twitter’s patents reveals some indications of criteria that are influential to rankings that are not readily apparent. Twitter patents and other publications reveal likely aspects ...

Field-level analysis examines how ranking algorithms shape consumer trust, visibility, and competition in local service markets using real-world operator data. NUTLEY ...

Leaked Google documents has given the search industry proprietary insight into Google Search, revealing very important elements that the company uses to rank content. Thousands of leaked documents, ...

As organizations increasingly rely on algorithms to rank candidates for jobs, university spots, and financial services, a new method, named hyperFA*IR, offers a more principled approach when picking ...

Instagram’s home feed ranking algorithm is receiving an update that’s designed to boost the visibility of original content. Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, announced the ranking change is one ...

If you wanted to know why your photo of a pizza didn't break Instagram last month, the company may have some more insight for you. In a blog post, Adam Mosseri, the CEO of Instagram, has laid out more ...

Graph-based ranking algorithms assign importance scores to nodes by interpreting the structure of links as a basis for iterative computation. At the core lies the PageRank model, which interprets a ...

TW-BERT is an end-to-end query term weighting framework that bridges two paradigms to improve search results Integrates with existing query expansion models and improves performance Deploying the new ...

Google has released new best practices, video bytes and what to do if your site was flagged incorrectly, as well. Google has revamped its search help documentation with revised guidelines for sites ...

Glenn Greenwald reported that a "federal district court in California on Friday denied Google's motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the Silicon Valley giant is violating federal antitrust laws ...

For the past several unconfirmed Google Search ranking algorithm updates that we covered, those were almost all reported over the weekend. Now I am seeing search ranking volatility in the middle of a ...

Information from mobile marketing data firm Flurry suggests that Apple might have made some changes to the algorithms which govern the chart positions on the iOS App Store. The changes are thought to ...