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Comment on Content access basics - Part I - screen scraping by Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:19:35 +0000

Nice post on screen scrapers, simple and too the point :), For screen scrapers i use python for simple things, but for larger projects i used extractingdata.com screen scraper software which worked great, they build custom screen scrapers and data extracting programs

Comment on Announcing our second annual federated search writing contest by Broader Contest, Bigger Prizes

Broader Contest, Bigger Prizes — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:46:30 +0000

[...] (founder of Deep Web Technologies and sponsor of this blog) and I have been talking about the contest Deep Web Technologies is sponsoring. We want it to appeal to more people, not just to people who [...]

Comment on Announcing our second annual federated search writing contest by Deep Web Technologies is sponsoring our second annual writing contest

Deep Web Technologies is sponsoring our second annual writing contest — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:28:51 +0000

[...] have all the details worked out but we have a topic and we know that the prizes will be bigger. We announced the topic recently. I’ll save you a click. Here’s the [...]

Comment on It’s a contest! Predict the future of federated search by Deep Web Technologies is sponsoring our second annual writing contest

Deep Web Technologies is sponsoring our second annual writing contest — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:28:36 +0000

[...] contest that Deep Web Technologies is sponsoring. This is our second year running the contest. Last year’s contest asked readers to predict the future of federated search and to describe that future in an essay of [...]

Comment on About by Deep Web Technologies is sponsoring our second annual writing contest

Deep Web Technologies is sponsoring our second annual writing contest — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:28:17 +0000

[...] This is a guest article by Sol Lederman, primary author of the Federated Search Blog, which we sponsor. Sol also consults for Deep Web [...]

Comment on Federated search: A wonder or a waste? by Walt Warnick

Walt Warnick — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:07:28 +0000

Here is one other question fpr the Nov panel:

Is federated search the wave of the future, especially for content in non-Googleable databases?

What is the alternative to federated search for content in non-Googleable databases?

Comment on A new paradigm for federated search by Gregg Boethin

Gregg Boethin — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:10:08 +0000

I strongly agree that the natural human element needs to be included in future search engine algorithms, to ensure more accurate relevancy and popularity ratings. The problem is that, just like with link popularity, this is something that can be manipulated, and would be manipulated by those wishing to improve their search engine rankings.

Even if this weren’t a foreseeable issue, this is far from the end-all solution to search.

Comment on Review: Student perceptions of federated searching vs single database searching by Sol

Sol — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:11:09 +0000

Steve,

Good catch. Thank you. I’ve corrected the error.

Comment on Review: Student perceptions of federated searching vs single database searching by Steve Oberg

Steve Oberg — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:13:19 +0000

Just one comment: the Richard Daley Library is at a very different institution, the University of Illinois at Chicago, not the University of Chicago.

Comment on Review: About.com guide to Online Research by Richard Blumberg

Richard Blumberg — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:25:12 +0000

Over the past several years, I’ve been deepening my study of the teachings of the Buddha; my approach is scholarly, and I find that the standard Google search wimps out quickly, especially when I’m looking for serious scholarly treatment of topics such as Buddhist hermeneutics or dependent arising. I just signed up for a trial with Highbeam Research, and I’m finding the kind of articles there that I’ve been looking for. But I’m a little scared by the warnings on several blogs concerning Highbeam’s billing practices and TOS.

Would you have any recommendations regarding a service that would work for a serious student, not affiliated with a University? I’d like to keep the cost in the $150-250/year range.

Thanks for any help that anyone can provide.

With regard,

Richard