BBC search engine Re: [Upd-discuss] Re: Are publishers relevant?

[Mashilamani Sambasivam]

I dont see why it cant be added to the mozilla
search engine bar to search the web too.

There are basically 4 tabs you can search:
the web, the news, the sports, whole bbc.co.uk stuff

try the search in news.bbc.co.uk 

I believe BBC filters inappropriate material
like adult material, but other stuff should
be just like google. I dont see why BBC
should censor other things.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/whysearch.shtml


Masi

--- Michael Hart <hart@pglaf.org> wrote:

> 
> I presume this is NOT the search engine you can add
> on
> from Mozilla's search engine add on bar. . .as this
> is
> one that seems to say it ONLY searches BBC
> materials.
> 
> 
> Thanks!!!
> 
> Give the world eBooks in 2006!!!
> 
> Michael S. Hart
> Founder
> Project Gutenberg
> 
> 
> On Wed, 15 Mar 2006, Mashilamani Sambasivam wrote:
> 
> > Speaking on search engine, BBC has its own
> > search engine. BBC is publicly funded
> > (by taxpayer's money not govt.) and independent.
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/whysearch.shtml
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/purpose/
> >
> > In my opinion, important institutions like
> > journalist organisations and 'search engines'
> > should be funded by the taxpayer's money.
> >
> > Point is - There is a huge difference between
> > privately owned journalistic papers/news orgs
> > , which are demand driven, and can be influenced
> > by competitors and money. Even the US media
> > supported the iraq war, though they have the
> > most independent best newspapers like
> > washingtonpost (of nixon fame) and nytimes.
> > Ofcourse we now know no WMDs in iraq.
> >
> > This implies that important institutions
> > need to be funded by taxpayers' money
> > and need to be autonomous. they shouldnt be
> > funded by govt. or privately owned.
> >
> > Search engines are the eyes to the web. Whoever
> > controls the major search engines control the
> > web.
> >
> > Masi
> >
> >
> >> But time is change in essence -- I mean, read the
> >> comment on this one
> >> about Google:
> >>
> >>
> >
>
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/02/334122.html?c=on#c142593
> >>
> >> Should we not have anything to do with Google, or
> >> should we kop the fact
> >> that this group of folk have more shout in the
> world
> >> than a few nation
> >> states put-together and we do have vested
> interests
> >> and if we are that
> >> bothered then we can always ask them and until we
> do
> >> there's no point in
> >> blackhearting them. Dunno, that was a question.
> >
> >
> >
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