Google's Manual For Its Unseen Human Raters 67
concealment writes "It's widely believed that Google search results are produced entirely by computer algorithms — in large part because Google would like this to be widely believed. But in fact a little-known group of home-worker humans plays a large part in the Google process. The way these raters go about their work has always been a mystery. Now, The Register has seen a copy of the guidelines Google issues to them."
like slashdot (Score:5, Funny)
"For relevance raters are advised to give a rating based on "Vital", "Useful", "Relevant", Slightly Relevant", "Off-Topic or Useless" or "Unratable"."
Hmmm, sounds like Slashdot. Anyone unemployed?
Man, guideline #48 is creepy (Score:5, Funny)
"It puts a good rating in the bin or else it gets the hose again"
Work from home? (Score:5, Funny)
So I really can make $5000/month as a single mom?
Re:Work from home? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The higher bar (Score:5, Funny)
Hang on...
Does this mean that the raters can view porn and claim that it's on the clock?