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FEATURED CONTENT: Taxonomies, Metadata, and Search Although algorithms are getting better, it is not yet possible for machines to infer a searcher's intent. But there are plenty of things you an do to anticipate what users may be looking for when constructing your taxonomy, metadata and tagging schema. A free PDF, with several illustrations and charts is available in this Enterprise Search Center exclusive article by consultant Seth Earley. Featured Content, Posted 18 Oct 2006

First Call: Enterprise Search Summit -- Want to Speak? ITI's Enterprise Search Summit 2007 will be May 15-16 at the Hilton New York. A Call for Speakers is now posted at http://www.enterprisesearchsummit.com/CallForSpeakers.shtml. The deadline is November 1, 2006. Dynamic speakers who can talk knowledgeably about detailed aspects of how to implement and manage search within an organization are invited to submit proposals. Click through to read what the organizers are looking for. Featured Content, Posted 04 Oct 2006

Microsoft-Faceted Search Coming Soon? See the Beta ITI NewsBreaks reported earlier this week that Microsoft is currently testing faceted search as a feature, presumably for inclusion in SharePoint and/or Live.com. Link to a beta demo. Featured Content, Posted 20 Sep 2006

Joining Us This Week in the Demo Center Today we welcome SearchInform to the ESCenter Demo Center. A flash demo and links are provided. Other demos available at this time are: Groxis, Siderean, exalead, Vivisimo, Coveo, Thunderstone, Synomia, Northern Light, Mondosoft, and Isys. Check them all out at the Enterprise Search Center Web site. Just click on the Demo Center navigation bar item or on the Featured Demo logos on the Home Page. Featured Content, Posted 06 Sep 2006

New This Week in the Demo Center Groxis presents a demonstration of its visualization search software Grokker. For this demo Groxis lets you "grok" a federated collection of open Web sources (Yahoo!, Wikipedia, and Amazon Books). Try searching for your company, someone you know, or virtually any topic of interest, then check out the map view. Groxis makes the 10th vendor to join our demo center. Other demos available at this time are: Siderean, exalead, Vivisimo, Coveo, Thunderstone, Synomia, Northern Light, Mondosoft, and Isys. Check them all out at the Enterprise Search Center Web site. Just click on the Demo Center navigation bar item or on the Featured Demo logos on the Home Page. Featured Content, Posted 09 Aug 2006

ESCenter Premieres Exclusive Articles Series The Enterprise Search Center has invited a number of experts to write exclusive articles for us to share with you. We'll be publishing an article every couple of weeks, starting with a piece today called "Principles of Effective Search," by James Robertson. JAMES ROBERTSON is the managing director of Step Two Designs (www.steptwo.com.au), a leading vendor-neutral intranet and content management consultancy located in Australia. In PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE SEARCH, Robertson shares highlights from a study he conducted on improving intranet search results. Featured Content, Posted 12 Jul 2006

This Week in the Demo Center This week Siderean has added a flash demo illustrating its Seamark Navigator 4.0 product. Visit our free demo center to take it for a spin. While you're there, you can also check out the demos from: Coveo, exalead, ISYS, MondoSoft, NorthernLight, Synomia, Thunderstone and Vivisimo. Featured Content, Posted 12 Jul 2006

Now Available: The Enterprise Search Report ESCenter will be featuring the best in free content from ITI's comtent vault. We'll also be striking deals with other publishers to offer you the best in research reports on search and related subjects. We are now able to provide you with the opportunity to buy the very latest report on enterprise search from CMS Watch. Read more about the report . . . Featured Content, Posted 28 Jun 2006

Welcome to the First Issue of Enterprise Search Xtra ITI's Enterprise Search Center is pleased to announce that we have launched our electronic newsletter, Enterprise Search Xtra. If you are already signed up to receive it, a copy has been sent to the e-mail address you provided. Please encourage your colleagues to sign up for the newsletter, too, by forwarding a copy on to them or referring them to the Web site (http://www.enterprisesearchcenter.com), where they can sign up for an individual subscription. The newsletter, like the center, is free. Featured Content, Posted 28 Jun 2006

This Week in the Demo Center Vivisimo and exalead have joined the ESCenter's demo space. Take the opportunity to test drive the search solution of your choice. Our other featured demos include Coveo, ISYS, MondoSoft, NorthernLight, Synomia, and Thunderstone. Featured Content, Posted 28 Jun 2006

Welcome to Our Sandbox With the beta launch of this Web site, Information Today, Inc. (ITI), is pleased to present the seed of an idea. Working with users and vendors, we want to build the site into a place that helps managers explore search solutions for their enterprises. Read the official announcement . . . Featured Content, Posted 21 May 2006

FEATURED CONTENT: Enterprise Search White Paper Information Today publishes widely on the subject of enterprise search and other technology topics. Each week we'll be selecting an item from our total content collection to feature on this site. For this beta launch, we've selected a White Paper collection, which recently appeared as a supplement to KMWorld Magazine. The collection includes more than a dozen articles on enterprise search. To review the table of contents and get your free PDF, click on the blue Featured Content headline immediately above this summary. Featured Content, Posted 21 May 2006

Help Us Define the Topic ESCenter was created by ITI as an across-the-enterprise collaborative effort. In developing the center further we want to collaborate with site users in making the site best match user needs. So far, the topic “enterprise search” has been defined based on a content analysis of materials published in ITI’s periodicals, including KMWorld and EContent Magazine. We’d like your help in refining our working taxonomy. Click on the blue headline (ABOVE) to learn more about what we've done and how you can help. Featured Content, Posted 21 May 2006

Check Out Our Search Demos In addition to helping those seeking a search solution for their enterprise, the ESCenter is meant to be a sandbox where the companies who vend search and related solutions are also invited to play. For starters, we’ve given search vendors the opportunity to post a working demo of their solution. At beta launch we have a half-dozen demos to show you. Just click on the Demo Center tab in the left-hand navigation bar. If you haven't been to the site before, you may be asked to register. Registration for this site is free. To learn how your enterprise can participate in the Demo Center, see the Services for Advertisers tab on the left-hand navigation bar. (Participation is free.) Featured Content, Posted 21 May 2006

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