Google’s Algorithm Adjusts Itself When a Real World Crisis is Occurring
A Google engineer tells The Guardian changes have been made to the search algorithm in response to real-life crises. Pandu Nayak, a senior search engineer at Google, says Google’s algorithm can now recognize when a bad event is taking place. While the said event is taking place, Google will increase the weight of ‘authority’ signals in an effort to surface the most accurate information about the crisis.