Saturday, May 08, 2004
Guardian Unlimited | Online | On your marks, get set, search ...
"...is the internet really the quickest way to access facts - and get them right? We put Google to the test against more old-fashioned methods. " (such as the library, and the phone.....
Summary: Google was always correct, but not always fastest.
But this somewhat misses the point: what is the easiest way to access information when at your desk/in the car/walking around campus/in town - answer, Google. The internet is accessible everywhere - and the point about information is that it has to be timely and accessible, which the internet is. Getting the contents of the library into your pocket is hard - but a PDA and GPRS connection is not.....
"...is the internet really the quickest way to access facts - and get them right? We put Google to the test against more old-fashioned methods. " (such as the library, and the phone.....
Summary: Google was always correct, but not always fastest.
But this somewhat misses the point: what is the easiest way to access information when at your desk/in the car/walking around campus/in town - answer, Google. The internet is accessible everywhere - and the point about information is that it has to be timely and accessible, which the internet is. Getting the contents of the library into your pocket is hard - but a PDA and GPRS connection is not.....
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