Search - the future of business, information, life as we know it?

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[Alex]

Sounds interesting. Does he go into the pre-internet post-digital search era? Librarians have been creating, theorizing, and maintaining massive electronic databases for decades (and the actual power of Google searching pales in comparison to what could be done on DIALOG and LEXIS/NEXIS)? Or does he just start with Yahoo?

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Sounds interesting. Does he go into the pre-internet post-digital search era? Librarians have been creating, theorizing, and maintaining massive electronic databases for decades (and the actual power of Google searching pales in comparison to what could be done on DIALOG and LEXIS/NEXIS)? Or does he just start with Yahoo?

He doesn't go into deep detail, but he does talk about the beginnings of search. Don't think he mentioned DIALOG or LEXIS/NEXIS, though. Even so, I think anyone interested in data retrieval of any kind (read: Librarians) would love this book. He really understands the implications of data made public. You should definitely check it out, Alex.

Edited for clarity.