Mixed by Thomas Moreau (Head of Training @ Whatever) in Enterprise search, Trends
August
An article originally posted on Alt Search Engines
“The more razzle dazzle you slap on a key word indexing system, the more storage, bandwidth, CPU cycles, and plumbing you will need. The way key word indexing can bring an older Pentium computer to it knees when it runs Google Desktop Search or another “free” desktop search system provides a real-life example of how search usurps resources. Even the simplest keyword indexing requires a large part of a computer’s resources when indexes are updated and rebuilt. The more users and the more content you process, the more plumbing you need. When you slap on additional content processing, you are in a poker game that you cannot win. The computational odds are stacked against you. The fix is to process less content or turn off features. Believe me, even the big guys do this. Google and Microsoft, for example, have priorities for their indexing.”
Read the full article at altsearchengines.com
In my opinion…
Very interesting (but not that optimistic) post from Stephen E. Arnold about Search and its (no) future.
Though we might agree on some points, we believe in the future of enterprise search (I suppose you had guessed it).
I chose this extract just to say that indeed, search tools should have to process less content. And considering the enterprise as a community, the content itself should be defined by the end-users themselves. They know what is valuable. They have expertise. They should be able to share only what they think might be relevant to others. This, in my opinion, could be the fix. Sharing and indexing only what is valuable. ‘Turn up the signal, wipe out the noise’.
This would also reduce users’ dissatisfaction, and increase their engagement.
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