Thursday, June 15, 2006

MSN Hiring People to Hand Code Search Results

Apparently MSN is hiring people to hand pick the best search results when their algo doesn't cut the mustard. This is the first time I've heard of anything like this going on and being publicly admitted. I don't completely understand how it works, sounds like it's happening realtime (applicants need to type over 149 words/minute). Hmm. Yeah, I don't get it but it's interesting.

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Update: The more I think about this, more harder time I have believing this is for real. Yeah, it's on the MSN site, but could this be some kind of joke, or better yet, a massive link bait scheme. Or could it have just been a delinquent MSN staffer messing with us? I think we will soon find out this is not for real.

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