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Web Search Considered Harmful: The top five reasons why search is still way too hard

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Nowadays, when you find yourself utterly disgusted by “American Idol,” or any other of the latest “reality” shows on TV, you may decide, “What the heck, time to seek a slightly less horrible form of punishment: let’s get on the Web.”

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          Search Engines
          April 2004
          72 pages
          ISSN:1542-7730
          EISSN:1542-7749
          DOI:10.1145/988392
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