> I'm not convinced that even developers are.. and I'm picking my words with trepidation here.. sophisticated enough to put together queries, filters or even collections of topics in the main.
I'm not convinced it's worth _anyone's_ time to do so.
1. Master the wonky interface of some search engine.
2. Be disappointed by results of aforementioned wonky search engine.
3. Instead find results through rapid iteration of search terms.
I've worked on an in house search engine for the last year. User have been conditioned by google to just keep trying search terms till you find what you want. No interface (that I've seen) can beat the rapid iteration of search terms with fast response times.
I'm not convinced it's worth _anyone's_ time to do so.
1. Master the wonky interface of some search engine.
2. Be disappointed by results of aforementioned wonky search engine.
3. Instead find results through rapid iteration of search terms.
I've worked on an in house search engine for the last year. User have been conditioned by google to just keep trying search terms till you find what you want. No interface (that I've seen) can beat the rapid iteration of search terms with fast response times.
A good reference: Information Architecture for the World Wide Web http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565922822