Ghit, glossarised

Paddling its little coracles to the farthest reaches of the sea of confusion (mind the serpent!), the Language Log tribe is muttering obscure acronyms which it believes will help us understand web searching better. Too late, for “the most excellent (and only) glossary of the Stammtisch Beau Fleuve” has spoken:

ghits: Google HITS. An accepted tool of research in linguistic usage.

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