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Tuesday, November 28, 2017
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The Problems With Searching the Deep Web
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by Nancy K. Herther
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For more than 20 years, researchers have worked to conceptualize methods for making web searching more comprehensive--going beyond the surface sites that are easily accessed by today's search engines to truly create a system of universal access to the world's knowledge. The task is proving to be far more complicated than computer scientists had thought. "The existing approaches," notes one recent analysis, "lack [the ability] to efficiently locate the deep web which is hidden behind the surface web."
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FCC Will Vote on Net Neutrality in December
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According to an article by Todd Shields in Bloomberg Politics, in December 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) "is planning a vote to kill Obama-era rules demanding fair treatment of web traffic and may decide to vacate the regulations altogether."
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ALA Pledges Support for Net Neutrality
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Jim Neal, current ALA president, released a statement on the proposed Net Neutrality order by Ajit Pai, the FCC chairman.
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Net Neutrality: Good for Consumers?
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Roslyn Layton writes the following in InsideSources: "Even before the FCC officially released the [Net Neutrality] item, ... left-leaning skeptics have portended doom. But many of their egregious statements can't withstand the truth test. It's time to take a hard look at the facts."
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Internet Companies Weigh In on Net Neutrality
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BBC News' Technology division gathered the following statements on Net Neutrality from stakeholder companies.
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Net Neutrality Rollback: A Gift to ISPs?
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Steven Salzberg writes in Forbes that Pai's Net Neutrality elimination plan "is a bigger gift to Verizon than anything he's ever done before."
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Net Neutrality as a Market, Not Government, Regulation
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The Washington Examiner's Opinion section has an article about Net Neutrality that states the following: "Net neutrality's dubious value is made obvious by the misleading way Democrats and many news outlets reported the decision. 'F.C.C. plans net neutrality repeal in a victory for telecoms,' wrote the New York Times. Missing from the headline or lede was that the decision was a loss for Netflix, Amazon, Google, and other corporate giants that [provide] content."
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Remembering Barbara Quint
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Barbara Quint, known as bq, passed away last month. She had recently retired from her positions as senior editor of Online Searcher, co-editor of The Information Advisor's Guide to Internet Research, and columnist for Information Today. Join friends and colleagues in sharing memories of this remarkable information industry icon.
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