What they did
King parsed the leaked documentation as a technical practitioner, cataloguing named systems and attributes. He focused on NavBoost and the Twiddler re-ranking framework, counting references and grouping the click-related fields.
What they found
NavBoost modules define goodClicks, badClicks, lastLongestClicks and unsquashedClicks, with commentary that click data is normalised to prevent runaway manipulation. NavBoost appears 84 times across five modules and is described as long-standing.
How much weight to give it
The documents confirm these click fields are defined and named in the repository. They do not give the scoring weight, nor prove the fields are active in live Search today. King inferred an active click-based signal from the volume and detail of the references.
What it doesn't prove
Defined fields are not proof of live ranking use or importance. King states plainly that the weighting is unknown and that not everything documented is necessarily used. Google acknowledged the documents were authentic but rejected the ranking conclusions.