09 januari 2004

Internet Search Engine Update: "Amazon has entered the search field in a big way with the introduction of its 'Search Inside the Book' program. For publishers that have allowed their books to be included, the full text of the book content is searchable. Covering over 120,000 books, the 'inside the book' matches show after title and author matches. These are marked as 'excerpt from page . . . ' and clicking on one will show a graphic of the matching page. Searchers can view two pages forward and back from the matching hit, but you must have an Amazon account and log in to view the pages. While this can be a significant information resource, Amazon is using it to try and sell more books rather than create a database for searchers. Search features are quite limited, and in response to concerns raised by the Authors Guild, the images are no longer easily printable. " Testa själv på Amazon

posted by åsa @ fredag, januari 09, 2004