tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post5698071971146544572..comments2023-04-20T12:46:11.858-06:00Comments on The Ancestry Insider: Echo King: Result Ranking UnveiledThe Ancestry Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490682912125335188noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-68210639268819356132012-08-15T06:38:58.306-06:002012-08-15T06:38:58.306-06:00"Ancestry uses a system called relevance rank..."Ancestry uses a system called relevance ranking to guess which results are most relevant to your search and display them first. As you proceed down the list, less and less relevant results are displayed."<br /><br />Usually the most relevant results I get are on a 2d or 3rd page of results: exact spelling of name as entered, time period relevant to parameters entered, place relevant. After the results with wrong names, wrong time frames, wrong places.<br /><br />The search parameters prefers names with first-name initial of my target person (as middle initial of person with wrong gender) over exact spelling of first name (every Mary J. and Willard J. before my Jonathan) . . . and other wonkiness.<br /><br />NewSearch also makes it quite difficult to locate particular collections except for US Census items which has a one-page list of the enumeration years.<br />Geoloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050268303916428230noreply@blogger.com