Comments on: Not all Federated Search Engines are Created Equal http://federatedsearchblog.com/2008/02/25/not-all-federated-search-engines-are-created-equal/ Covers topics in the federated search field. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:25:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Sol http://federatedsearchblog.com/2008/02/25/not-all-federated-search-engines-are-created-equal/#comment-526 Sol Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:58:43 +0000 http://federatedsearchblog.com/2008/02/25/not-all-federated-search-engines-are-created-equal/#comment-526 Sarah, I will respond to your comment in the blog. In brief, no, I don't know if you're missing something or not in the price range you're looking for. But, I will respond with a blog post in the next few days. Sarah,

I will respond to your comment in the blog. In brief, no, I don’t know if you’re missing something or not in the price range you’re looking for. But, I will respond with a blog post in the next few days.

]]> By: Sarah http://federatedsearchblog.com/2008/02/25/not-all-federated-search-engines-are-created-equal/#comment-517 Sarah Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:24:55 +0000 http://federatedsearchblog.com/2008/02/25/not-all-federated-search-engines-are-created-equal/#comment-517 What do you think about opportunities for hosted federated searching in the school library market? We are up to about 50 databases! Follet has their onesearch which will simply cross-search d.b.'s, and Gale now has their powersearch plus which will search other vendor products, but not many. I like the looks of webfeat express too, though at $8,000 it is probably too costly. Do you know if I'm missing anything in between? What do you think about opportunities for hosted federated searching in the school library market? We are up to about 50 databases! Follet has their onesearch which will simply cross-search d.b.’s, and Gale now has their powersearch plus which will search other vendor products, but not many. I like the looks of webfeat express too, though at $8,000 it is probably too costly. Do you know if I’m missing anything in between?

]]> By: Sol http://federatedsearchblog.com/2008/02/25/not-all-federated-search-engines-are-created-equal/#comment-514 Sol Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:17:32 +0000 http://federatedsearchblog.com/2008/02/25/not-all-federated-search-engines-are-created-equal/#comment-514 Jonathan, That's a good piece of data to have. Thank you. It further reinforces the image that it doesn't matter that native searching brings back better results if the resistance to native searching is so high. Jonathan,

That’s a good piece of data to have. Thank you. It further reinforces the image that it doesn’t matter that native searching brings back better results if the resistance to native searching is so high.

]]> By: Jonathan Rochkind http://federatedsearchblog.com/2008/02/25/not-all-federated-search-engines-are-created-equal/#comment-506 Jonathan Rochkind Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:11:57 +0000 http://federatedsearchblog.com/2008/02/25/not-all-federated-search-engines-are-created-equal/#comment-506 "which two or three information sources to search then federated search doesn’t provide value to this researcher" A librarian who works with researchers (like, non-teaching researching faculty) tells me that even if they DO know which two or three sources to search, they don't in fact want to search two or three sources separately, or learn two or three separate interfaces. “which two or three information sources to search then federated search doesn’t provide value to this researcher”

A librarian who works with researchers (like, non-teaching researching faculty) tells me that even if they DO know which two or three sources to search, they don’t in fact want to search two or three sources separately, or learn two or three separate interfaces.

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