Web Search--Google Groups New From Google Groups: Enhanced Thread View Capabilities
Word today from the Googleplex (what Google employees call their office) that a new "enhanced threaded view" of Usenet postings is now availabe via the Google Groups service. From an email message, Google Groups users now have direct access to each message in a thread, from a hierarchical list of links to the left of the screen. This improvement enables users to directly jump to a message from a particular author, as opposed to scrolling through an entire page of individual postings. Google Groups users now also have access to the original, detailed header information for each posting. Message headers reveal such information as message ID#, the original posting host, and X-complaints information for abusive postings. To see detailed header information for a particular posting contained in the Google Groups archive, select "view article only," then select "original format."
Web Search
Source: PC World "Do Search Engines Tell The Truth?"
As I have said several times, it's crucial to:
1) Know that paid placement/inclusion exists.
2) Keep current with changes and new tools.
3) Understand that search engine optimization exists and is becoming more popular.
4) That certain directories only include pay-per-click content.
5) Learn to use engines on a more advanced level. Learn to limit. It's also important for the search engines to realize:
A) Not everyone uses an engine as a directory/yellow pages to find services and products.
B) For many of us, the content several levels down is often where we want to be.
C) People search differently depending on what they are looking for. (Known Item Search vs. Unknown Item or Subject Search)
D) Useful content exists on sites that will not or are unable to pay-for-inclusion/placement or page optimization.
D) Relevancy does not only mean a click on a link.
Web Search--FirstGov.Gov
Source: Government Computer News "Who�s Owner of FirstGov Database? Not Uncle Sam"
From the article, "Millionaire philanthropist Eric Brewer owns the FirstGov database of federal Web sites�and in 2003, he�ll take it back. FirstGov now operates under GSA�s auspices, but Brewer, founder of FedSearch and president of Inktomi Corp. of San Francisco, will be first in line to run FirstGov when his so-called gift reverts to his company in two years� time. At the time Brewer offered to build the search engine, he promised to turn it over to the government in 2003. The search technology, however, produces a database in Inktomi�s proprietary format." See Also: FirstGov Still Soliciting Comments About Search Solutions (From Federal Register) See Also: Office of FirstGov See Also: Federal Search Foundation
Full-Text Resource Shelf (2 Items) Internet Statistics--Canada
Source: Statistics Canada Internet Use Among Older Canadians Summary ||| Full-Text Document
18 pages .pdf
---- Privacy--United States
Crminal Justice Information Report of the National Task Force on Privacy, Technology, and Criminal Justice Information Summary ||| Full-Text
124 pages .pdf
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