Monday, March 24, 2008

Teleportation

Glitches in Teleporting

This article describes an even deeper delving into the art that is online searching. Google has made it possible to search for a site, and at the same time (hypothetically), search within that site. This is certainly all well-and-good for the everyday, online customer; however there are some adverse side effects that come with this efficiency, as the article explains.

The positive: speedy, precise and concise searches. The negative: the presence of competing sites/agencies. In the detailed visuals the article provides you can see that when searching for a particular item/subject within a site there is the possibility of competing websites to be alternative sources for the same item/subject. This is good for the consumer, having an array of choices at ones disposal. However bad for the intended sites searched, having competition blatantly displayed right next to the targeted search. The author of the article makes an extremely valid point though. To avoid this problem being any more harmful than initially seen, the targeted sites could "optimize" their search capabilities within their sites. Making search in their web sites as user friendly as possible is the only way that these organizations could possibly withstand the negative capabilities of teleporting.

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