Editorial
The editorial for this, issue 6 of the Web version of Ariadne.
Ariadne: The compact edition....
Welcome to this, issue 6 of the Web version of Ariadne. Comparisons with the last edition will show a
large reduction in the number of articles, features and stories. This is explained in the
editorial for the last edition, but to recap, each edition of the Web
version of Ariadne is split into two "happenings":
- An edition to appear at the same time as the parallel paper edition. This will contain all of the material
that is in the paper edition, as well as other articles, reviews and conference reports. In all, there will be
about 35 articles in this "happening".
- A major update to appear about a month after the aforementioned edition. This "happening" will
consist of about 5 or 6 articles, reviews and reports; it will be integrated with the main edition, though the
new material will be clearly indicated. The major update for this edition will be on December 21st.
Splitting an issue into two "happenings" will have two effects:
- Readers will not, as some of them have pointed out, be overwhelmed with a large amount of material
in one go...
- ...however, readers will have new material to select and read every month.
The editor chooses...
...not to be vain, else he would probably pick the
caption competition from this issue! Seriously, for this issue, the editor picks
the
search engines article, on Yahoo UK and Ireland, by Tracey Stanley.
This is a good look at a UK version (in that the results are biased in favour of UK resources) of one of the
oldest Web-based indexes. The benefits of having UK-based indexes and search engines, which contain
only, or have a bias towards, UK resource descriptions, are clear; searching the index, if it is based in the
UK, takes less time and is relatively network friendly, as does checking out resources discovered through
said index.
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