Web Search Engines: Part 1 and Part 2
These short articles covered a lot of search engines' facets from how they find websites to how the websites are ranked. I know someone who gets paid $12 an hour to make webpages appear higher in the results list. I'm not sure how she does it, but it's an actual job.
Current developments and future trends for the OAI protocol for metadata harvesting
Since this was written five years ago, I am wondering how protocols have progressed. I looked at the website for OLAC and was impressed by the ease of the interface. Fifteen more data providers have joined the community since 2005, for a total of 42. This is a great resource, however, how are users supposed to find these websites? I don't know if I would have stumbled across this had it not been assigned for our reading.
The Deep Web: Surfacing Hidden Value
There were too many disclaimers in this reading such as "little confidence in these results" to make me trust the statistics. I'm sure the general principles discussed (the deep web is larger than we imagine and relevant information is not being accessed) are true, but the accuracy of the data does not seem reliable.
I agree with you about the accuracy of data presented in the final reading. Some harder facts would be nice.
ReplyDeleteHi Elisa,
ReplyDeleteWith the Deep Web reading the general context had solid information but similar to your views the calculations were left without validity because of the second guessing by the author.
Hi Elisa,
ReplyDeleteWow, what kind of degree does your freind have for getting paid 12 dollars an hour for making websites more searchable? From a market perspective, I see where there can be a need for this. But, for the average website developer or creator, is this fair? Does a more searchable website translate to a more meaninful website. There needs to be ways for those that do not have this economic luxury to get their information to the general public just as effectively. I am curious to see how this trend plays out.
Adam Brody