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TechWatching vs. MacWorld: MacWord 1, TechWatching 0

TechWatching is now serving more relevant results and better links, and is doing so more frequently, thanks to a new & improved algorithm behind the scenes, prompted mainly by the MacWorld disaster.

I say “disaster” because the volume of stories related to MacWorld was the perfect storm of relevancy overabundance - the prior version of TechWatching could not scale to sort the volume, and the site quickly devolved to a huge mish-mash of barely organized, repetitious, muddled posts.

The new ranking & relevancy algorithm is actually a lot simpler than the old one: I ended up cutting code length by about 30% to get better results, and more efficient db use means that I can pump up the update frequency without melting down the server - all good.

If you stop by the site, you’ll see better “topical roundup tags” at the top, and more complete story clusters down below.

As always, your feedback on the site and the recent changes would be very appreciated.

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