Google Scholar
Creator of Google Scholar Answers a Few Questions
Thanks to developer of Google Scholar, Anurag Acharya, for the following answers about the new service. ResourceShelf will check back soon for any updates.
Q: What is the cut-off in terms of page size? From what we can see it's about 500kb-800kb? Is this documented anywhere?
A: No, this isn't documented and the team tells me these limits are "likely to change." Nothing specific to announce. No date set yet.
Q: How often is the GS database updated?
A: Periodically. While in beta, we will determine how often to update this index. As you can imagine, the content in Scholar is different than the main index. We're studying it, and don't have a final schedule/refresh rate to announce yet.
Q: Does GS have any plans to state what they do and don't consider scholarly?
A: The techniques used to decide inclusion in Google Scholar are evolving. As mentioned earlier, we're still in beta and constantly working to evolve the product. Automated extraction of information from a diverse collection of documents and web pages can be tricky. Note, however, that with a decent ranking, the inclusion criteria are less important."
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