[WEB4LIB] Re: Appropriate Organizational Scheme for Diverse Web

[Dan Robinson Indexing Services]

I wouldn't characterize Yahoo as a 'catalog'. It's really more of an 
'index' and shares many similarities to periodical indexing. I do 
think they get carried away with their sublevels and it would be nice 
if similar sites did end up indexed to the same headings more than 
they do now. (i find this problem occurs more in the government 
and town groups than the commercial listings)

Dan Robinson
Indexing Services
H.W. Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson at hwwilson.com


On 23 Jul 00, at 9:26, Richard Wiggins wrote:

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> What they built bears little resemblance to most traditional catalogs
> previously built in the library world. They made it far simpler. In fact I
> claim it's a pretty poor catalog despite its enormous business success...
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> /rich
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