Google, Yahoo & MSN Search Engine Research Laboratories

Peter Norvig, Research Director at Google, posed a thought: “What comes out of research?” According to him, many tools from Google Labs arise in a “bottom-up fashion.” This method entails numerous engineers experimenting, with some projects gaining prominence. Notably, Google's NIST competition.

Flickr image tagging, noting, “People plus algorithms are greater than algorithms.” He emphasized the growing importance of “Authority of Trust” in search.

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