ACM Queue: Why Writing Your Own Search Engine is Hard - http://www.acmqueue.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=143
Anna Patterson explains the problems of search engine design in practical terms in this lengthy article. |
Commercial Alert Files Complaint Against Search Engines for Deceptive Ads - http://www.commercialalert.org/index.php?category_id=1&subcategory_id=24&article_id=33
A complaint filed with the United States Federal Trade Commission by Ralph Nader's Commercial Alert service, which charges the major search engines of inserting advertisements in search engine results without clear disclosure that the ads are ads. |
NPR : The Search Engine Wars - http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2004/apr/google/
In a five-part series, NPR's Rick Karr takes a look at the business of search engines. |
Search Engines and Editorial Integrity - http://www.ojr.org/ojr/technology/1017778969.php
Article from the USC Online Journalism Review examines the issue of major search engines adopting deceptive, misleading advertising practices at the expense of editorial integrity and their users. |
The Evolution of Web Searching - http://www.davidgreen.me.uk/oirapr00.html
David Green's paper from Online Information Review explores the development of search engine technologies. |