Why Librarians are better than Google Local Search?

April 2nd, 2004

Steve points out (from Ernie the Attorney) that if you enter the word ‘porn’ with any zip code in Google Local search, you get a listing of attorneys. Hilarious. ‘Porno’ doesn’t come out any better.

I know it’s in beta, but I think librarians can really help Google in this instance. It’s all about finding the right keyword. Try ‘adult video’ and you get better results. And you thought they didn’t teach us about searching databases in library school…

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