Originally Posted by kyescontent

Believe me ... I looked at probably hundreds of sites that fell under this umbrella. We were instructed to mark them as "spam" for further review. I can't quite recall off the top of my head how our work related to the actual algorithms; but I do know that the algorithms were altered based partially on our ratings.

The rating guidelines were leaked onto the internet a few years ago by a disgruntled ex employee (I can hardly blame them; I've been unemployed since the mass lay-off I was part of!). Alas I looked for them just now and they seem to have been pulled down. I'm sure they're floating around somewhere though ... I don't believe I kept my copy.

K.