EMU the bird
December 13th, 2007 – by Yong Zhang
Wondering around in Washington zoo last summer, I suddenly saw the name “EMU”. “How does EMU have anything to do with Washington zoo?” I was suprised, “Is the biology department running a joint project with the zoo?”. Looking carefully, I realized that it was EMU the bird, the largest bird native to Australia.
Out of curiosity, I googled the term “EMU” to find out who Google thinks deserves this name the most. Google uses a PageRank algorithm (a more detailed description here) to rank their search results. It is one of the core algorithms that make the Google search engine popular. To my delight, currently we are the number two link in Google research results, beating Eastern Michigan University, EMU the bird, and lots of others.
See you next semester.
