Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Book: Making Search Work

"Making Search Work" by Martin White -- Reviewed by Jothi Nedungadi, Freepint, Oct 11, 2007

Reviewer Jothi Nedungadi suggests that better titles might be "Making Intranet Searches Work" or "Making Enterprise Searches Work". These titles capture the breadth and the intent better. A company would need to be visionary to adopt the practices necessary to really improve search. He doubts that many would but still recommends the book - "This is however an impressive compilation of information and a commendable effort by the author to address intranet search. His perspectives on making searches work are invaluable. I would recommend this book to those who are considering implementing an enterprise/intranet search engine."

Martin White gives a sample in an article written for Update Magazine.

The table of contents and sample chapter are at the publisher's site - Facet Publishing Online. There is some (small) mention of taxonomy management and social tagging.

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