Re: usefulness of search erngines, was: need a nav column...

Hallo Barbara:

You wrote:

>If search engines usefulness is fading fast, what is one to do? 

Search engines are not fading - their usefulness and affordability to 
*certain* segments of the web world are coming into question....  :-)

>I'm wondering what will be the future of search placement, or if a whole
>new system will come about. Anyone care to expound on this thread? I
>suspect I know of a couple that might... :-)

Search engines will still be needed - even though libraries don't have a card 
system - god I miss those little wooden drawers - they still have a 
computerized "lookup" file.  the advantage is now we can see if/where the 
books are available on the entire county system....

Same for the web - we are still going to need a way to wade through the 
millions of pages out there.  The search engines might get more topic 
specific - rather than going through a single search engine to define a 
search, you might have a specific search engine devoted to a particular 
geographic or subject area.

This might test our resourcefulness - especially our growing little citizens 
like mine whose library-type skills are at a bare minimum if they exist at 
all.

Just a couple of quick thoughts before I hit the road....

- Jeff K.

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