[WEB4LIB] Re: Submitting websites to search engines

[sean dreilinger]

Hanan Cohen wrote:
> I would like to direct you to an article titled "Search Sites' Shocking
> Secrets -- They Stink. They're Getting Worse. And It's Deliberate" at
> http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_2432.html .

this editorial gives us a provocative helping of search engine issues.
this *may* be a vehicle to drive traffic to other online articles by
this publisher. the 18 responses from readers are of special interest to
library webmeisters and information professionals. the reader comments
reveal user expectations of web-based internet search services, and
highlight the statements about information services users find the most
disturbing (factual or otherwise :-).

if you find that editorial a little too sensational, danny sullivan's
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/ covers many of the same issues, a
little heavier on the facts and lighter on the hype. danny sullivan has
also been known to surface in this very discussion list with free advice
for library web authors and to solicit library community input for an
upcoming article on what info pros want from search services - hope you
voiced your $.02!
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive/9901/0005.html

thanks for the link to a provocative article!

p.s. remember: if you don't know what you're doing with a search engine,
ask a librarian! or suffer the witty rebuttal:
http://macworld.zdnet.com/features/0598/pd.beleaguered.html

--sean :-)
                          sean dreilinger, mlis
                          mailto:sean at durak.org
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