[Sigia-l] Findability

[Boniface Lau]

> From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org]On
> Behalf Of Karl Fast
>  
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> 
> However, I don't know where the break-over point is. If you were to
> plot effectiveness vs. document collection (and let's assume it's a
> hypertext collection where things are linked) I would be *extremely*
> suprised if it was linear.

I too suspect that it is non-linear. Non-linear behavior often
means a very low threshold for it to be effective for small sites.


> 
> Note also that evaluating the effectiveness of retrieval systems is
> a difficult and much-debated topic. 

Based on its popularity, I doubt anyone would question Google's
effectiveness.


Boniface