Google vs. Verity
July, 2005
This article originated as a member question:
| I'm looking for comparisons
of Verity K2 search and Google Search Appliance. |
This question is not as straightforward as it seems. Although both products
can do full-text searching, they are not really comparable. Verity is
a programmer's toolkit, and Google is a plug-and-play piece of equipment.
It's easier, and probably fairer, to compare Verity's Ultraseek search
with Google's Search Appliance, but even that is fraught with pitfalls.
The success or failure of any search engine depends in part on the quality
and organization of the content collection, the availability of other
navigation tools (e.g. A - Z indexes), and user perceptions.
We attempt to sort out the differences between the
two products and highlight some of the major issues with a test that compares
Google and Ultraseek searches of the Montague Institute Web site with
results from our A - Z index. Four members report their experiences, and
we conclude with a list of references.
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