[Web4lib] Google's new "Universal" (Federated) search default

[Karen Merguerian]

I've often wondered how the search engines distinguish between a blog and any other web site, anyway.  After all, some of the quality information I'm looking for winds up being in blogs.  And aren't more and more formal institutional web sites built with blogging software?
 
But assuming the distinction is helpful, if the results were tabbed (news, images, video, blogs, scholar, maps) similar to those links Google now has along the tippy-top left, that might help end users navigate the results of a universal search.
 
Karen Merguerian
Northeastern University Libraries



> Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 16:10:07 -0500> To: web4lib at webjunction.org> From: mark.allan at angelo.edu> Subject: [Web4lib] Google's new "Universal" (Federated) search default> > (Cross-posted to libref-l)> > Google is now searching its component databases and displaying them > with the single default search. Good? Time will tell. I remember when > Google's algorithm was ranking blog entries above quality search > results. (See article below for more)> > http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,131929-page,1/article.html> > > Mark> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Mark Allan> Head, Reference Unit> Porter Henderson Library> Angelo State University> ASU Station #11013> San Angelo, Texas 76909-1013> (325) 942-2511> (325) 942-2198 (FAX)> mark.allan at angelo.edu> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> I love the smell of book dust in the morning. It smells like...... knowledge.> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > Any opinions given above do not necessarily reflect those of the Porter> Henderson Library, Angelo State University, the Texas State University> System, the state of Texas... > _______________________________________________> Web4lib mailing list> Web4lib at webjunction.org> http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/
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