Friday, May 28, 2004
Search engines try to find their sound | CNET News.com:
"Last modified: May 27, 2004, 4:00 AM PDT - By Stefanie Olsen - Staff Writer, CNET News.com
To be Googled, or not to be Googled?
That was the question facing National Public Radio's online director Maria Thomas earlier this year. The answer would seem obvious for anyone doing business on the Web, where being included in search results can mean the difference between success and oblivion.
But in Thomas' case it wasn't that simple: Most 'spiders' that crawl and index the Web are effectively blind to audio and video content, making NPR's highly regarded radio programming all but invisible to mainstream search engines..."
Note: how will the Knowledge Share help with this? Users will point to relevant files or embed them in their search spaces. This will help other find them more easily. We will provide icons to differentiate between the different types of files. Future research is planned to make searching for these types of files (especially images) much more effective!
"Last modified: May 27, 2004, 4:00 AM PDT - By Stefanie Olsen - Staff Writer, CNET News.com
To be Googled, or not to be Googled?
That was the question facing National Public Radio's online director Maria Thomas earlier this year. The answer would seem obvious for anyone doing business on the Web, where being included in search results can mean the difference between success and oblivion.
But in Thomas' case it wasn't that simple: Most 'spiders' that crawl and index the Web are effectively blind to audio and video content, making NPR's highly regarded radio programming all but invisible to mainstream search engines..."
Note: how will the Knowledge Share help with this? Users will point to relevant files or embed them in their search spaces. This will help other find them more easily. We will provide icons to differentiate between the different types of files. Future research is planned to make searching for these types of files (especially images) much more effective!
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