SPEAR Algorithm

The graph-based SPEAR algorithm (Spamming-resistant Expertise Analysis and Ranking) is a new technique to measure the expertise of users by analyzing their activities. The focus is on the ability of users to find new, high quality information in the Internet. A great benefit of SPEAR is that it actually returns two very interesting results at the same time: first, a ranked list of expert users; and second, a ranked list of high quality Web documents.” — via the delicious blog

Published by Bramus!

Bramus is a frontend web developer from Belgium, working as a Chrome Developer Relations Engineer at Google. From the moment he discovered view-source at the age of 14 (way back in 1997), he fell in love with the web and has been tinkering with it ever since (more …)

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