TechCrunch is reporting that Google this past weekend tried a new feature that allows people to block certain websites that come up as part of their searches. (Sadly for Firefox and Explorer users [if the latter still exists], the feature only works as an extension on Google's Chrome browser.)
The best anyone can guess is Google is using the system to "rank" websites in order of preference within a given search. It's a technical yet fairly interesting read. Earlier this semester I remember talking about Google being somewhat problematic in that the algorithms used to search are somewhat off at times. This is a somewhat surprising — albeit late in the making — move by everyone's favorite software giant.
Zane McMillin
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