[Sigia-l] The category of "Miscellaneous"

[Richard Wiggins]

But you're wrong.  Google has stomped writ large.  Within an
organization, Best Bets still beats Google for the most important
hits.  It always will.  And if you understand the Zipf Distribution,
you know why that matters.   Clue: Microsoft gets it, and Yahoo hopes
it's true:  Robots do not always deliver the best results.

/rihc

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:33:22 -0400, Listera <listera at rcn.com> wrote:
> 
> Richard Wiggins:
> 
> > That doesn't disqualify the solution; just be aware that browse-only
> > people will kvetch.
> 
> Let'em.:-)
> 
> Now, I'm not a "proponent of manually-crafted search result sets (a.k.a.
> Best Bets)," at all. Just the opposite. I find static organization of large
> and varied repositories problematic. I think Google has pretty much stomped
> that notion.:-)
> 
> 
> 
> Ziya
> Nullius in Verba
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