Document (#18036)

Author

Brenner, E.

Title

¬The little search engine that could

Source

Information today. 14(1997) no.7, S.10,55

Year

1997

Abstract

Discusses the trend among online information providers towars 'dumbing down' their services for users who are looking for an occasional quick answer. Companies which focus their efforts towards maintaining a level of quality high enough to satisfy their serious user or information professional will come out on top in a hypercompetitive market. HotBot from from Inktomi Corp., which was demonstrated at the National Online Meeting in New York, now claims to cover more of the text of the Internet and WWW than any of the other search engines and appears to be committed to the professional searcher market

Theme

Suchmaschinen

Object

HotBot

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