The name A9 comes from ALGORITHMS (‘A’ + 9 other letters).
Guess I should have known this already.
Author Archives: Chris
Craigslist added something cool to their search!
I can’t believe it! Craigslist added auto-complete (or auto-suggest or whatever you want to call it) to their query box. Start typing in a search and it’ll suggest queries, just like a search engine. Glad to see this feature.
NY Times article - Algorithms Get a Human Hand in Steering Web
Every few years an article pops up that’s surprised that human beings tune search engines. Here’s the latest from the New York Times: Algorithms Get a Human Hand in Steering Web
It’s a good thing that humans do this, otherwise I’d have no job!
Searching for company headquarters
I like how Google shows the answer for corporate headquarter searches like: amazon headquarters. For all I know they’ve been doing this for a long time, but I just noticed it recently when researching the search engines by location article.