AI Used in Search Algorithms to Fight Spam

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AI and SPAM-a-lot: How Deep Learning Is Used to Create the Search Algorithms and Fights SPAM in Search Engines [Short Course]

Christi Olson

Course Duration: 49 minutes

Course Released: July 2020

Level: Intermediate

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It used to be a simpler world. Search engines had 10 blue links based off relevance between the keyword and the search query. But then spammers came along, stuffing pages with invisible keywords to increase keyword density. Search engines had to advance their ranking algorithms to include more signals, and yet spammers still found ways to game the system to boost rankings. As the web and AI technologies have evolved, so too have the spam techniques and methods to detect them.

In this Course, we walk through the history of search algorithms. We then discuss how Bing has adapted its algorithm to use modern machine learning to change the face of the search results, improve relevance and counter new spamming threats.

Course curriculum

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Welcome to the Course!
- A Message From Your Instructors
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The Course
- Lesson 1: The Search Engine Results Pages (And AI)
- Lesson 2: A Brief History of Search Algorithms
- Lesson 3: Fighting Spam
- Test Your Learning
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Meet Your Instructor

Christi Olson

Christi Olson is the Head of Search, within the Global Media team at Microsoft leading all paid search efforts for the company. She has over a decade of experience in digital marketing leading both in-house and agency teams across the retail, travel, automotive and consumer electronics industries. Olson serves on the Advisory Boards for the Paid Search Association, the Internet Marketing Association, and the University of Idaho School of Business. Olson has been recognized as one of the top 25 most Influential Paid Search experts annually since 2014 by PPCHero and additionally is a recognized global speaker on Digital Marketing Strategy, Search, and Cognitive AI. She is a published author in the Applied Marketing Analytics Journal and regularly contributes to Forbes, AdAge, Marketing Profs, Search Engine Land and Search Engine Journal.

Head of Search, Global Media Team, Microsoft

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Frédéric Dubut

Frédéric Dubut manages the Core Ranking PM team at Bing. He is a 12-year Microsoft veteran, previously working on crawl and webspam at Bing, as well as in the Xbox and Office divisions. He strongly believes that we are only scratching the surface of what is possible with AI and machine learning.

Senior PM Manager, Microsoft

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