Nikhil DandekarinBecoming Human: Artificial Intelligence MagazineA machine learning engineer’s view on winning at SEOAs someone who has worked as a Machine Learning/ranking engineer on multiple search engines, my one piece of advice for websites trying to…4 min read·Oct 4, 2017--1--1
Nikhil DandekarHow did Google surpass all the other search engines?There were a handful of reasons why Google was able to surpass all the other search engines. Google was better than others in *all* of…2 min read·Mar 8, 2017----
Nikhil DandekarHow the complexity of Google’s search ranking algorithms changes over timeGiven what I know from building search engines and large-scale software systems, here is how I expect the complexity of Google’s search…3 min read·Jan 18, 2017----
Nikhil DandekarHow can Amazon Alexa win over Google in the long run given Google’s AI superiority?The one way Amazon can win over Google in this space is by partnering better with device manufacturers.2 min read·Oct 19, 2016--1--1
Nikhil DandekarPointwise vs. Pairwise vs. Listwise Learning to RankAt a high level, pointwise, pairwise and listwise approaches differ in how many documents you consider at a time in your loss function when…2 min read·Sep 29, 2016--4--4
Nikhil DandekarHuman labels vs clicks for training a machine learned ranking modelSay you want to train a machine learned model to perform a ranking task. A common starter question is: Should I use human relevance…3 min read·Jun 16, 2016----
Nikhil DandekarHow to use machine learning to find synonymsThe majority of synonym generation techniques that I have seen in user-facing websites / apps solve it as a two step problem:3 min read·May 10, 2016--2--2
Nikhil DandekarThe devices we (will) wearThe form factors best suited for the tasks we will do 5–10 years from now6 min read·Apr 21, 2016----
Nikhil DandekarWhat are some uses of machine learning in search engines?Machine learning is used at almost every part of the stack at major search engines like Google or Bing. Anything that requires some sort of…2 min read·Apr 7, 2016--1--1
Nikhil DandekarinTowards Data ScienceWhen to use a machine learned vs. score-based search rankerWhen is the right time to move to a machine learned search ranker from a simpler score-based one5 min read·Mar 8, 2016----
