Obviously close to my own business, Tim Bray launches a series of articles on full-text search, starting with an article on the business surrounding search engines: On Search: Backgrounder.
He remarks - and I agree -, that under the hood, "all search engines work more or less the same". I think, that today, the difference lies in knowing how to integrate a search facility in a really useful way, as this can often make a huge difference in the quality of a site or tool.
Posted by seefeld at June 16, 2003 21:11