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...previously idle computers as he has grown the editorial manpower of Wikipedia, perhaps a feasible search index is within grasp. Indexing the Internet, however, is the least of Jimbo's problems. Search engines rely on their algorithms, or complex formulas, to determine what listings to return for a searcher's query. Wales' answer to a better search experience is to combine a computer algorithm with editors who monitor what results should be returned for any given search. But can a viable search engine rely on the altruistic motives of its volunteer keepers? As we discussed here, the anonymity of contributors...
...longer available in the U.S., their only option will be to get it abroad. But most insurance doesn't cover that, so those without resources would be abandoned to their fate. "I've got a few bottles left," says Joi Shaivitz, 47, an environmental re-searcher from Owings Mills, Md., who suffers from Type 1 diabetes. "If I don't get a new supply, I'm going...
...Pinault, CEO of Balenciaga owner PPR, Ghesquière has delivered higher figures than originally expected. "Balenciaga is an even more international brand than we thought," he said before the Stella McCartney show last Thursday. "He has a very strong image, but he is always challenging it. He is a searcher...
...student writing under the pseudonym Chris Farley grumbled that the only signs of life on a typical Harvard weekend were a “Centrex phone†that led the average 80s party-searcher to a House party, only to find “five strangers desperately trying to have fun on tomato juice and Perrier...
...Medium to large companies can expect to pay between $100,000 and $300,000 a year for Intelliseek's services. Individual searchers can exploit some of the same expertise for free at www.profusion.com, where handpicked collections of resources are grouped and searchable by subject. More specialized and tightly focused search tools are the kind of solutions to the invisible Web's sprawl you can expect to see more of, says Barbara Quint, editor of Searcher, a journal for database professionals. "What you get are high quality sites, preselected directories and metadata [data about data] collections. They may be a minuscule...