I question the accuracy of that "Second most popular" on a couple of fronts:
Maybe it's the most popular! -- I speak at Elasticsearch meetups. It's 90% logs logs logs, with some search thrown in. Solr meetups have a tremendous amount of information retrieval. Giving a information retrieval talk at Elasticsearch meetups sometimes gets blank stares (though in many cases not). Maybe it's less popular! -- Is DB Engines really a scientific source here? Maybe MySQL LIKE statements is still the most popular enterprise search engine :-p -Doug On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 8:52 PM Leonardo Perez Pulido < leoperezpul...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I think there are many things to consider besides the 'normal' search you > did: > > - First of all, Google search results vary. The search algorithm of google > changes all the time. > - Many different elements determine 'what' google scores as top docs in > search results, among them: > - The device you are searching on. > - Your search history. > - If you are logged into the google account. > - Your geographical location. > - The type of search you are doing, whether it is a term/keyword or a > phrase search. > - And if it is summer, or winter (joking.... I don't know nobody knows with > google). > > For example, the same search phrase from my location returns a very > different result as top doc: > > Apache *Solr* is an open source search platform built upon a Java library > called Lucene. > > Which really is a definition of what Solr is. > > So, in conclusion, if you want a better search engine than that: use Solr. > :) > > On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 7:17 PM, Vincenzo D'Amore <v.dam...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > googling for "what is Solr" I found this as *first* sentence: > > > > "Solr is the second-most popular enterprise search engine after > > Elasticsearch. ... " > > > > The description comes from wikipedia https://en. > > wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Solr > > > > Now, well, I'm a little upset, because I think this is a misleading > > description, this answer does not really... well, answer the question. > > > > And even... because Solr is not the first most popular :))) > > > > Ok, seriously, the first sentence (or the answer at all) should not > define > > the position of the search engine in a list, in a kind of competition > where > > Solr has the second place. > > If it is the first, the second or whatever most popular is not the right > > answer. > > > > So I want inform the community and search for an advice, if any, how to > > have a better description in the Google results page. > > > > If you have any comments or questions, please let me know. > > > > Best regards, > > Vincenzo > > > > > > -- > > Vincenzo D'Amore > > email: v.dam...@gmail.com > > skype: free.dev > > mobile: +39 349 8513251 <+39%20349%20851%203251> <349%20851%203251> > > > -- Consultant, OpenSource Connections. Contact info at http://o19s.com/about-us/doug-turnbull/; Free/Busy (http://bit.ly/dougs_cal)
