Showing posts with label search engine segregation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label search engine segregation. Show all posts

Friday, April 11, 2008

A seach step too far?

Jeff Jarvis highlights a case of information segregation over at Buzz machine.

His comments concern a black orientated search website called Rushmore Drive

I get the content part, of course. I also understand specialized search engines based on need or interest — jobs v. homes v. medicine, and so on. But isn’t there a danger in creating a search engine segregated along racial lines? Does it create more separation? Does it create a new sort of echo chamber? Does it limit the world reached by the search? I would never want to use a search engine aimed at middle-aged, suburban white guys like me; I want the world. And how do they know what is black-oriented content?
says Jeff

I agree with him to a certain extent.The concept of the web is that of freedom of information,the ability to serach for any topic.Going down thuis route could have ernormous consequences