Web Search Engines
part one
There's lots of internet for a search engine to search, so they have to use sooper seekrit algorithms to find relevant, reliable sites and to avoid spammy sites.
part two
There's something about indexers that also help generate and sort search results and other things that make search engines useful.
The Deep Web
Apparently, search engines miss lots of information that is buried under the surface of the internets, like the ocean. This article discusses using directed queries to searchable databases to reach the content in the Deep Web.
Current Developments and Future Trends
This article discusses how people are using the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata harvesting and how they will be using it to sort and collect information and content .
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4 comments:
You've summed it up well, Amy. Spammy sites sounds like what I had for lunch today.
It definitely makes sense that there is a Deep Web, although I don't know that I'd ever thought of the web in separate levels before reading this. I liked your illustration of the ocean.
"Sooper seekrit..." you crack me up!
I wonder how many sites we all have missed because of lack of links between them. The article hinted that there are innumerable! Makes one wonder how much control the knee-jerk sites are exacting on our searching capabilities!
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