Google informs me that one of the Open Source CMS Search Engines I built a while back now indexes over 18 million pages. Though it's a drop in the bucket next to broad category search engines, it's not too bad for a specialty search tool.
Google, a favorite poster child for simple and easy to use site design, is not without its own issues. My biggest pet peeve with Google is the way the system handles erroneous logins. I'm not talking about not talking about simple username/password mismatch, but something a tad more complex. Let me explain:
We are all to a certain extent, victims of Google's success: With so many sites indexed, finding quality search results can be a chore, as we must slog our way through a virtual quagmire of Spam-dex and well-intentioned, but inaccurate, hits. Any search result set these days seems to be loaded with its fair share of tripe. If only we could combine the best attributes of a directory (that is, an index created by an editor knowledgeable in the subject matter) and the search engine spider (that is, an index that is dynamic and up to date).
Authors Calishain and Dornfest are back with even more tips, tricks, and hacks aimed at the Google search engine and its family of related services. Like the first edition, the second edition relies heavily on programming techniques that make use of the Google API. Unlike, the first edition, the second strives to be more egalitarian in its approach, giving much more for the non-programmers in the crowd.
