> -----Original Message----- > From: Jan Coffey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 01:15 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: RE: Internet is dying - Prof. Lessig > > > In 1997 if you were to use web-crawler to find some bit of > information you desired it would take only a few minutes and > the search results would be very benificial. > > In 1999 Altavista would give you slightly more "noise" but > still first page results were usefull. > > In 2001 Google was decent, but the results you desired were > on the second or third page. > > Now in 2003 You may not get any results which are benificial > from any result on any search site. The vast majority of web > "destinations" are garbage. There is so much noise now that > real information might as well not be there. At one point you > could find into faster on the web. Now it is faster to look > in an encyclopida or in the lybrary. The internet as an > information resource is all but dead.
I think your evaluation of the "State of the Web" is biased by the type of information you're seeking, and your method of ferretting it out. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
