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 Great Introduction to Search & Also Being Found.
This is a great introduction to some of the more important concepts in search and its corollary - beingfound. Finding information, things, or people on the Internet is one of the most important issues for today's researchers and knowledge workers. Similarly, for businesses or others with a message to get across - being found is critical. Being found is the basis for all search engine optimization and search engine advertising.
I found the information in the book regarding large scale databases and what can be found in them and what often cannot, to be worth the price of the book alone. The book also discusses geolocation tagging which is a very important concept that is just now becoming pervasive. The author also discusses folksonomies (a correlated concept to tagging often by the masses - i.e., by ordinary people).
If you are interested in learning about search, about being found, about information architecture, as well as the Internet and some important concepts that need to be understood in order to use the Internet effectively, then I highly recommend this book.
Provocative well written
I highly recommend this book by Peter Morville. His analysis of Internet user behavior and understanding of information flow make this a must read for anyone doing business on the web. A telling point in the book is when he says that he suggests 'findability' is more important than design, architecture, product sold, etc. His predictions regarding the future importance of findability seem to have been confirmed since the book was published.
 Too much terrain, too little time?
This is a book that I keep coming back to. There are significant pearls but you have to dig hard to find them. It is not clear that the abstract ideas could not have been presented with more clarity, but I suspect that perhaps that is the case.
This book could use an interactive website where the abstractness could have been explored with more concrete practical examples. Yeah, it is not a "how to" book, but ideas need to be grounded so that they can be more readily understood.
Don't get me wrong, I highly recommend the book, but I am withholding the fourth "*" star because I tend to agree with other reviewers that there is something lacking. The book is extremely useful and disappointing at the same.
Shallow and sophmoric, but overall a good introduction to web navigation
Covers too much ground and leaves you wanting more. Not particularly useful in itself, but readable and will help you think about the problems. What there is is more useful for extremely large sites and the Web itself.
Also a pretty good set of references, but would be better if they had been gathered together in a notes or references section at the end, as it is all references are only in footnotes, so you might want to jot down page numbers of references you want to check on as you go.
Expectations color ealuations
I first saw this book at my local public library, and the title hooked me.
I had to read it. I read it, and I'm glad I did. It is entertaining and
thought provoking. It also has a lot of problems.
I thought the book was important enough that I should review it, but I had
trouble organizing my thoughts so I decided to take a chance and look at the
reviews. I'm glad I did. Those that are considering reading it for content
should consider the reviews. I found most of them to be accurate and reasonable.
Your opinion of the book is likely to depend on what you expected to find in it.
Read some of the raves and some of the pans.
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