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Googling by author

I'm probably the last person to consult about Google rankings. But, that said, I'm certain that the rankings are based primarily on how many links a particular post or site has. I want to put my two cents in for giving substantial weight to the author as well.

When we surf the net, we are often surfing for interesting people not just interesting places or specific information. Google should keep track of how many hits and links a particular author has across all their websites, blogs, comments, etc. Couldn't the author be part of the xml so that Google's bots can easily gather and compile that data? I guess there's a potential privacy issue here, but the information is out there anyway...

Second, web standards people and leading edge developers, if you are listening, we need end-user tools to help us more effectively surf these info waves for people. For that matter, show me the top 1000 authors or maybe bloggers on the Net by category. It needs to be a big number because the last thing we need is to filter out the new, creative and minority fringes. Diversity in cyberspace is akin to diversity in nature - it's crucial.

An anonymous comment on Derrick Story's post today about finding music at the Apple Store is the music surfing analog re looking for people: "More than discovering a song for me is discovering an artist who you can relate to. It feels like a friend you don't talk to often but no matter what you've both been through you always have some common ground."