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iStockPhoto.com / iStock is making a change to Best Match tonight.
« on: December 10, 2012, 23:42 »
Posted in the best match thread about 20 mins ago by Search Fairy.
I have an update on Best Match.
The search team spent last week trying to figure out how Best Match might have changed. We are still trying toget to the bottom of that, but over the weekend turned our attention instead to how to make it better from where it is right now.
To that end, we are going to turn some dials, increasing the impact that downloads have in search result sorting, and decreasing the impact of file age. After the change, in general you should see more images that have downloads on the first few pages, and an increase in relevance because of that.
The change is scheduled to happen overnight, tonight.
Typically we would test changes like this with a small percentage of customers to make sure there are not unintended consequences, but given the urgency of the situation we think it is worth the risk to push it out to all customers.
Let us know what you think of the adjustment.
Thank you for all of the examples, they were very helpful in exploring what is going on.
I have an update on Best Match.
The search team spent last week trying to figure out how Best Match might have changed. We are still trying toget to the bottom of that, but over the weekend turned our attention instead to how to make it better from where it is right now.
To that end, we are going to turn some dials, increasing the impact that downloads have in search result sorting, and decreasing the impact of file age. After the change, in general you should see more images that have downloads on the first few pages, and an increase in relevance because of that.
The change is scheduled to happen overnight, tonight.
Typically we would test changes like this with a small percentage of customers to make sure there are not unintended consequences, but given the urgency of the situation we think it is worth the risk to push it out to all customers.
Let us know what you think of the adjustment.
Thank you for all of the examples, they were very helpful in exploring what is going on.