Monday, July 12, 2004
5 years ago - Search engines are rubbish - silicon.com: "July 09 2004 - by silicon.com
Now everyone wants a piece of the action
09.07.2004:Internet search engines are struggling to keep up with the continued expansion of the web, according to two professors from the NEC Research Institute.
Research shows that the top 11 engines are actually getting worse at looking through the 800 million pages now on the web. The last time performance was measured in December 1997, the main players reached 60 per cent of all pages but this time the top 11 managed only 42 per cent.
One of the report's co-authors, Dr C Lee Giles, said: 'We were surprised at the results. I think search engines are not trying to search the whole web. Users want quality information rather than quantity.' He added: 'Search engines need to be more specialised and more niche.'..."
Now everyone wants a piece of the action
09.07.2004:Internet search engines are struggling to keep up with the continued expansion of the web, according to two professors from the NEC Research Institute.
Research shows that the top 11 engines are actually getting worse at looking through the 800 million pages now on the web. The last time performance was measured in December 1997, the main players reached 60 per cent of all pages but this time the top 11 managed only 42 per cent.
One of the report's co-authors, Dr C Lee Giles, said: 'We were surprised at the results. I think search engines are not trying to search the whole web. Users want quality information rather than quantity.' He added: 'Search engines need to be more specialised and more niche.'..."
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