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RE: When Searching With Google

• To: 'Liam Quin' <liam@w...>, xml-dev@l...
• Subject: RE: When Searching With Google
• From: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...>
• Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 08:39:18 -0600

That is why I wondered if it picked up on the topic 
word or phrase.  That is likely what they are after. 
The other words are qualifiers, at least, that is 
how I use it.  I was questioning the Google strategy 
because I realized I have a mental model of how it 
works, and that is how I select and enter search 
terms.  It is probably not the right mental model 
but the interface doesn't make it clear, and as a 
result, its filtering strategy is opaque.  The user 
does the best they can.

len


From: Liam Quin [mailto:liam@w...]

People quite often look at several pages on my site for the same search,
and disturbingly often then browse around for a few minutes, coming
back later on with another match for the same search, or a slightly
different search.  I wish I could ask those people exactly what
they were looking for, <snip />

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