by Derek Morrison, 12 November 2009
“Sometimes we don’t just want to see what’s at the top of the haystack but the needle that is buried somewhere inside that no one has linked to.”
Victor Keegan (Why I’m searching beyond Google, Guardian, 11 November 2009)
Keegan offers a number of useful insights in this article but my opening quote should perhaps become a mantra for anyone working in higher education.
The vast majority of normal mortals working on building search into their web tools or applications should perhaps eschew any secret custom Google busting aspirations they may harbour. It would probably be more appropriate to utilise/enhance the open-source search engines that Keegan highlights or interface with those existing solutions that offer a doorway.
