The recent survey of search engines seems to imply that most
institutions are happy with the facilities provided by ht://Dig.
Is there any interest in more advanced types of searching, such as use
of Knowledge Management software?
Are institutions using ht://Dig on their Intranets, or is other software
being used?
Brian
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Brian Kelly
UK Web Focus
UKOLN
University of Bath
BATH
BA2 7AY
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Web: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/
Phone: 01225 323943
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> Subject: Latest survey of search engine software on UK HE Web
> sites (Jun 2001)
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> An updated survey of search engine software on UK HE Web
> sites is now available at:
> http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/surveys/uk-he-search-engines/
survey-jun
2001.html#survey
As can be seen from the summary
(http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/surveys/uk-he-search-engines/survey-ju
n2001.html#summary) ht://Dig is still by far the most popular search
engine. A new contender is the externally-hosted Google search
facility.
Note that Inkotomi have bought Ultraseek - the combined total has grown
by one. The growth in ht://Dig, Google and Inktomi Ultraseek has been at
the expense of eXcite, Harvest and some esoteric products. In addition
some institutions which did not have a search facility now have one.
A brief summary is given below.
Software Jun 2001 Jan 2001 Jan 2000
ht://Dig 44 42 31
Microsoft 18 18 15
Ultraseek / Inktomi 12 11 8
eXcite 6 9 16
Google 6 0 0
...
Harvest 1 3 7
..
None 37 43 50
Comments welcome.
Thanks
Brian
PS As always, please let me know of any errors in the survey, changes,
etc.
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Brian Kelly
UKOLN
University of Bath
BATH
BA2 7AY
Email: [log in to unmask]
Phone: (+44) 1225 323943
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