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Abstract

Interviews George Bell, CEO of Excite. Discusses what Excite offers users that other search engines do not: Intelligent Concept Extraction; automatic subject grouping; the poor quality of information on the Internet and lack of classification; the difference between searching and navigating; whether Excite will follow a similar model to Microsoft Network; whether intelligent agents pose a threat to search engines; the finances of Excite; why Excite bought Magellan and the future of the search engine market

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Abstract

Describes the shortcomings of search engines for the WWW comparing their current capabilities to those of the first generation CD-ROM products. Some allow phrase searching and most are improving their Boolean searching. Few allow truncation, wild cards or nested logic. They are stateless, losing previous search criteria. Unlike the indexing and classification systems for today's CD-ROMs, those for Web pages are random, unstructured and of variable quality. Considers that at best Web search engines can only offer free text searching. Discusses whether automatic data classification systems such as Infoseek Ultra can overcome the haphazard nature of the Web with neural network technology, and whether Boolean search techniques may be redundant when replaced by technology such as the Euroferret search engine. However, artificial intelligence is rarely successful on huge, varied databases. Relevance ranking and automatic query expansion still use the same simple inverted indexes. Most Web search engines do nothing more than word counting. Further complications arise with foreign languages

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Abstract

Examines the new Windows search interface to SilverPlatter's CD-ROM database products. Introduces the functions of the software. Reports on the experiences of those involved in beta testing the product

Date

23. 1.1999 19:32:22

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Abstract

SilverPlatter Information is launching a new Windows search interface, WinSPIRS. The new software offers all the functionality of PC-SPIRS plus a number of new features. Let's have a look at the software and talk to users involving in beta-testing the product

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Abstract

Used on its own, Boolean searching will only find between 20-25% of the relevant information. However, Personal Librarian has search tools which offer smart searching techniques, in particular a relevance ranking function. Although the software does not offer full natural language searching, it provides a natural language perspective. Although designed originally for the creation of inhouse databases, Personal Librarian is now used for a range of other applications including electronic publishing on CD-ROM distribution. Personal Librarian may be built on UNIX, DOS or Windows and may be searched on any other platform