Raines Cohen wrote: > the diary has now been corrected, and the title and content updated to > reflect alternative theories related to search engine > dysfunctionality, case sensitivity, and the general differences > between full-text and category/tag-based searches.
I seem to have been chasing this particular meme round the blogs, but just to clarify, it is the exact phrase "global warming" for which the search fails, and it does not fail for any other phrase I have tested such as (eg) "axis of evil" or "sustainable development": http://www.whitehouse.gov/query.html?qt=%22axis+of+evil%22 http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awhitehouse.gov+%22axis+of+evil%22 (61 v 68 hits) http://www.whitehouse.gov/query.html?qt=%22sustainable+development%22 http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awhitehouse.gov+%22sustainable+development%22 (105 v 215 hits) The html code %22 in the URL simply indicates that the searches are for the precise phrase (they represent quotation marks) and I do not see how talk of "tag-based searches" has any relevance here. The search is very obviously primarily on content rather than tags, as you can check with arbitrary phrases such as "integrating all" (17 v 26 hits). I would give more credence to claims of an accidental bug if anyone could come up with any politically irrelevant search for which the whitehouse.gov engine gives such startlingly poor results compared to google. James --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
