What is a search engine: first of three now live

The first installment of the three-part series I’ve been working on with Charles Knight of AltSearchEngines and Nitin Karandikar of Software Abstractions has just gone live! Make sure to have a look at Nitin’s excellent dissection of what constitutes search engines—he really did a thought-provoking job of proposing a definition for something we all understand instinctively yet have trouble articulating.

My contribution, ‘What isn’t a search engine?’ will appear on AltSearchEngines tomorrow, and Charles’ piece, ‘What is an alt search engine?’ on Wednesday.

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4 Responses to “What is a search engine: first of three now live”

  1. Falafulu Fisi Says:
    August 6th, 2007 at 12:43 am

    Kaila,

    I have responded with 3 messages to the discussion on the thread at AltSearchEngines on:

    What Constitutes Search Engines:

    http://altsearchengines.com/2007/07/30/what-is-a-search-engine/#comment-2340

  2. Kaila Colbin Says:
    August 6th, 2007 at 3:16 am

    Hi there Falafulu,

    Thanks so much for your input. I’m afraid I only saw the one message on ‘What is a search engine?’. Where were the other two?

    All the best,
    Kaila

  3. Falafulu Fisi Says:
    August 6th, 2007 at 3:32 am

    Kaila,

    The last 3 messages on that thread are my posts:

    http://altsearchengines.com/2007/07/30/what-is-a-search-engine/#comment-2340

  4. Kaila Colbin Says:
    August 6th, 2007 at 4:57 am

    Oh! I see it now. Thank you!

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