http://www.searchenginejournal.com/search-engine-advocates-metasearch-for-search-result-accuracy/5103/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:21:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.searchenginejournal.com/search-engine-advocates-metasearch-for-search-result-accuracy/5103/comment-page-1/#comment-1089113 Dave DeRosa Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:07:57 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/search-engine-advocates-metasearch-for-search-result-accuracy/5103/#comment-1089113 It used to be that I could search something like "mazda 1995 timing adjustment" and get results that were related and helpful. Now all I get is people selling information or unrelated returns. Has the sponsorship converted the search engines into just catalogs? The great promise of the net seems to be failing. We are moving back to books. In my office recent competitions between net searches and our personal book library searches has shown the library to provide the best results faster. It used to be that I could search something like “mazda 1995 timing adjustment” and get results that were related and helpful. Now all I get is people selling information or unrelated returns. Has the sponsorship converted the search engines into just catalogs? The great promise of the net seems to be failing. We are moving back to books. In my office recent competitions between net searches and our personal book library searches has shown the library to provide the best results faster.

]]> http://www.searchenginejournal.com/search-engine-advocates-metasearch-for-search-result-accuracy/5103/comment-page-1/#comment-490552 rod / techfold.com Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:26:40 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/search-engine-advocates-metasearch-for-search-result-accuracy/5103/#comment-490552 Wow - that 88% unique number is crazy. I wonder if its algorithm, index contents, or index size that drives the differences - or what weighting each of those three factors would have in doing so. Wow – that 88% unique number is crazy. I wonder if its algorithm, index contents, or index size that drives the differences – or what weighting each of those three factors would have in doing so.

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