Is this article saying that all developer employees have access to the "holy" search algorithm internals? I can hardly believe that to be true, given the fact that SEO is a complete industry.
Once upon a time it was all in one repository. Shortly after I started there in late 2005, the "HIP" source code (high-value intellectual property, I think it stood for) was moved to its own source tree, with only precompiled binaries available to the rest of the company.
> There are limitations this system. Potvin says certain highly sensitive code—stuff akin to the Google’s PageRank search algorithm—resides in separate repositories only available to specific employees.
The vast majority of code is visible to everyone, though.
"Potvin says certain highly sensitive code—stuff akin to the Google’s PageRank search algorithm—resides in separate repositories only available to specific employees."
