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Web dragons : inside the myths of search engine technology /

If you've ever searched the web for information and wondered what's going on behind that query box, I recommend you read Web Dragons. It puts Internet search engines in contextpart of a legacy of information access dating back thousands of years. It explains in plain language how search en...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Witten, I. H. (Ian H.)
Other Authors: Gori, Marco, Numerico, Teresa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : M. Kaufmann, ©2007.
Subjects:
Search engines.
World Wide Web.
Electronic information resource literacy.
Search Engine
Internet
search engines.
Electronic book.
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780080469096
0080469094
9780123706096
0123706092
1280751541
9781280751547
9786610751549
6610751544
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • PREFACE
  • 1. SETTING THE SCENE
  • 2. LITERATURE AND THE WEB
  • 3. MEET THE WEB
  • 4. HOW TO SEARCH
  • 5. THE WEB WARS
  • 6. WHO CONTROLS INFORMATION?
  • 7. THE DRAGONS EVOLVE
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX.

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