> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu On Behalf Of Peter P.
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 6:13 PM
>
> Paul Hutchinson writes:
>
> > Has anyone got any evidence this time around?
> >
> > After all we're talking about a search engine so there must be
> > links that support the claims.
>
> It is hard to point at something that is *not* found ...

Well then point out the search terms you used and the URL's of sites that
should have come up in the list but didn't. Claims with no evidence are
useless and are not part of good engineering or science.

Paul

>
> Anyway many people feel that the yield of web searches is decreasing. Iow
it
> takes several more Google pages until what is being searched is found, if
at
> all, and that most 'in between' things are strongly related to namespace
> pollution, advertising and other unsavory things. There is no
> conspiracy, it's just that the net is becoming more and more 'full' imho.
>
> Peter P.

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