YouTube will change the search algorithm

    In principle, now the search on the YouTube service works quite well - there are, of course, problems when the service cannot “understand” what the user wants to find, but this is more likely the problem of the user, not the service. But the developers want to improve what is now, and the new search, according to the plan of the management, should attract more regular visitors, and this plan includes one more task - increasing the time that the user spends on the site. Most likely, the new algorithm will take into account the fact that people visit YouTube itself in order to have fun.

    The new search, according to the developers, will be supplemented by new categories, including “Topics”. In this category you can find the most popular videos that meet the subject of the request. Many users, according to the same developers, cannot find something for the simple reason that users do not know what materials are on the service. In other words, in this situation, the statement “In order to get the right answer, you must ask the right question” is more relevant than ever.

    The search algorithm on YouTube will be completely changed - and the results of such a change should show themselves in the first days and even hours. The results will be tracked by developers, who at first will tweak the search algorithm on the fly. As a result, the new algorithm should satisfy the needs of users as much as possible, and even find what the user had no idea about. The developers will try to introduce a few surprises, which so far no one has particularly covered.

    Several new "goodies" are already known - for example, automatic correction of an incorrectly formulated request. For example, synonyms, misspelled words, ambiguous words will be taken into account. The search results will offer various options that correspond to each of the query values ​​(it sounds complicated, apparently, you will have to wait for the implementation of the algorithm to understand what the developers mean).

    In principle, the idea is correct - indeed, if a user receives a correct answer every time even to a question that is not particularly correctly asked, then such a user will remain on the service longer, which is what YouTube management needs. I remember on some site I saw a complaint from a user who complained that “I’m starting to look for information on notes on Wikipedia, and I come to my senses in two nights, already reading an article about some annelids.” In general, if the new search on YouTube really will be as effective as promised, then indeed, the average time spent by the user on the site will increase markedly.

    Via bbc

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