AltaVista Strange Results

[Bob Duncan]

At 08:47 AM 11/12/97, Barbara Stewart wrote:
>Really though, what possible difference can it make to a user if there are
>30,000 or 50,000 hits? I defy *anyone* to show me a student who tracked
>down even 2,000 hits, let alone these larger numbers. What matters here is
>relevancy, not numerical sameness....

Agreed, but what good is "relevancy" if 20,000 possibilities are left out
of the determination of what's relevant?

Bob Duncan


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