Search Engine Seminar, Day 4: Search Query Strategies

"Tom Mighell" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.culture.law.network-lawyers
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I am going to kick off Day 4 tonight, because I will unfortunately be in
(recently-scheduled) depositions for the next two days.

It has been said that Google's uncanny accuracy with search results has made
us complacent.  We have grown comfortable with simply typing in a few words,
and having an exact match show up in the first two or three results.  But
what if it's not in those first few links?  Or the first page -- or the
first ten pages of results?  What then?

It means we have to reevaluate our search strategy, and try a different type
of search.  It means we will have to develop a different type of query, one
that is more than just a string of three or four words.  Where to start?

I'd like to hear from our panel of experts on this issue -- what tips do
each of you have on how we can formulate a search query that will return
results that matter?  What factors do we have to consider?   How useful are
the Advanced Search features of a search engine in formulating these
queries?

I look forward to your answers, and also to the questions of our "virtual
attendees."

Tom Mighell


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]



------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-->
Send the freshest Valentine's flowers with a FREE vase from only $29.99!
Shipped direct from the grower with a 7 day freshness guarantee and prices so low you save 30-55% off retail!
http://us.click.yahoo.com/_iAw9B/xdlHAA/3jkFAA/dpFolB/TM
---------------------------------------------------------------------~->

-/-/-/-/-/

There is a read/write Web page with resources that will be linked there and used during the Seminar on PDFs for lawyers and legal applications:

http://Network-Lawyers.org/PDFLinks

-/-/-/-/-/


 
Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Network-Lawyers/

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
     Network-Lawyers-unsubscribe-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
     http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
lmpx.com only provides a reader for public news (NNTP) servers. It is not affiliated with the servers or forums shown here and is not responsible for the content of articles, which is written by their respective authors.