Twiddler Quick Start Guide
Topics: Navboost, Probably in use, Ranking, Reranking, User Signals
The Twiddler Quick Start Guide outlines the functionalities and usage of the Twiddler framework within Google’s Superroot system, focusing on re-ranking search results from a single corpus.
It supports two types of twiddlers, predoc and lazy, which handle different stages of result processing to optimize search rankings while managing complexity and interaction between multiple twiddlers.
It highlights the distinction between Twiddlers and Ascorer rankings, detailing the two types of Twiddlers (predoc and lazy), their respective roles, and the methods used to manipulate and categorize search results. This guide is intended for developers new to the Twiddler framework, providing essential guidelines for writing and implementing Twiddlers effectively.
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