Interesting Google update

[FourthWorld]

Tapping into their Knowledge Vault, Google will now be ranking sites in part on how factual they are:
Google wants to rank websites based on facts not links - 28 February 2015 - New Scientist

 

[Julia Seaman]

Wow, haven't heard about that, really interesting, thanks!

 

[Ryan Ostrove]

Well this is getting scary.. Google is getting too powerful. As if they have the capability to check sites for how factual they are

 

[djbaxter]

Well this is getting scary.. Google is getting too powerful. As if they have the capability to check sites for how factual they are

That article is confusing Google's current so-called "TrustRank" with accuracy of facts. If you follow the links, checking accuracy of facts on a web page is something that is proposed according to the story, not something Google is doing now. And the people proposing it are not from Google as far as I know.

 

[quizels]

It would be a good idea because quality content will pay off even more.

But what about subjects that can't be answered with true / false? Like "The most beautiful car"? How can you ever rank websites based on true / false when this is a matter of opinion?