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title: Google notes
date: "2000-12-09T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 2026
description: I've curated observations on how Google’s early algorithms favor directory sites and Yahoo!. These notes explore their use of peer review concepts to rank quality content in the search engine's formative years.
keywords: [google, search engines, yahoo!, directory sites, peer review, web history]
---

Google [likes directory sites](http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/google.html). Google [likes Yahoo!](http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/notes7.html). Google [uses peer review](http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/notes4.html). Google [is good](http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/notes5.html).