The Magic of Fire: The Next Level for Campfire Cooking

There are many outdoor cookbooks, but The Magic of Fire by William Rubel is the one that makes you want to build a fire in the back yard right now and roast onions.

Let’s hear what he has to say about those roasted onions, the first recipe in the book.

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Measuring Search Relevance with MRR

At Chegg, we test the relevance of our search engine using customer data. We extract anonymous information about queries and clicks, then use that to automatically test improvements to search. When our search engine provides results that better match what our customers are choosing, we call that an improvement.

The most basic measurement of search quality is clickthrough rate. For each search page that is shown, how often is at least one search result clicked on? This fits well with overall website conversion, showing how search works in getting a visitor to a successful result.

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