This is arguably the best result for the query, since it explains what HN is about and provides a link to the front page. (People who have already used HN know where it is and don't need to search for it.)
I block cookies from Google, so they're not relying on my search history to give me relevant results.
And I'm not sure why searching for "HN" would be reasonably expected to get someone to Hacker News. After all, "hn" is the top-level domain for Honduras, and could stand for a million other things as well. It's probably accidental that it ever worked at all.
And what is the "best" result in your opinion? I'm getting the homepage of Hacker News (news.ycombinator) along with a nice description. I'm as skeptical as the next guy when it comes to this kind of stuff, but this is just plain ridiculous.
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I clicked the links and every link on the frontpage is to different Hacker News pages. I see nothing wrong here.
It's wrong bc it's NOT bringing up the best result for the query.
I'm getting the welcome page for HN as my third result on the "hacker news" (without the quotes) search:
http://ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html
This is arguably the best result for the query, since it explains what HN is about and provides a link to the front page. (People who have already used HN know where it is and don't need to search for it.)
I block cookies from Google, so they're not relying on my search history to give me relevant results.
And I'm not sure why searching for "HN" would be reasonably expected to get someone to Hacker News. After all, "hn" is the top-level domain for Honduras, and could stand for a million other things as well. It's probably accidental that it ever worked at all.
And what is the "best" result in your opinion? I'm getting the homepage of Hacker News (news.ycombinator) along with a nice description. I'm as skeptical as the next guy when it comes to this kind of stuff, but this is just plain ridiculous.