Online Information 2009, day 1

I visited the Online Information exhibition yesterday at Olympia. My first impression was that the exhibition area was very quiet - and a few of the exhibitors agreed with me. The current financial situation would seem the obvious cause. At previous shows exhibitors have given away all kinds of freebies, from bags, to mini mice, to branded juggling balls....but this year you'd be lucky if you came away with a couple of free pens and a boiled swe...Continue reading

When real-time search isn't

Avi Rappoport writes about 'real-time' search, a popular subject at the moment. Twitter search is one example of this kind of application, where a stream of new content is arriving very quickly. From a search engine developer's point of view there are various things to consider: how quickly new content must become searchable, how to balance this against performance demands and how to rank ...Continue reading