In Search Of...

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31 August 2001 07:02 PM
Tags: search, query, result, site

AOL.com AU

The Australian AOL search engine is very simple, with a number of options offered in the advanced search area. The search engine itself can only be accessed by going to the AOL Australia home page, then clicking on the search link. A variety of LookSmart categories are provided for browsing, but these are limited. The same toolbox the US site offers for fine-tuning a query is provided on the local site.

AOL Australia's most serious weakness appears to be the quality of its results. For our natural-language question "What does WAP stand for?", a few of the top ten results were relevant (slightly bettering the performance of the US site), but many were duplicate links--one site was listed four times in the top ten. Our keyword and general searches yielded good results but again, duplicate links were common. Using search operators made no noticeable difference in the results generated.

Unless you can afford to take considerable time with each query, you'd probably be better off searching with another local engine.

AOL.com AU

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Talkback 1 comments

    Matilda Keith -- 04/01/06 (in reply to #120126443)

    The Correct address for Matilda is
    http://www.matildasearch.com
    Is theee any chance you coulds replace your content with a simple link?
    Keith

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