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New Google search function (for climate science)
« on: 2006-10-26 05:12:49 » |
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[Blunderov] Peer review comes to The Net? Seems like a good idea to me but unsurprisingly this announcement has generated some heated debate some of which can be perused at the link provided. Perhaps Google might also provide an index of those sites which do not meet the criteria?
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2006/10/new-google-search-function/
It can be easy to find climate science information on the web, but that information ranges from the excellent to the atrocious - and it can often be hard to tell them apart without some prior expertise. Wouldn't it be great if someone could vet the information beforehand so that you had some confidence that it wasn't completely bogus? Well, you need wait no longer!
Some of you may have already noticed that we have updated our search facility to use a new service from Google Co-op which is being launched today. The idea is that the search is restricted to domains and pages that have passed some kind of quality control. RealClimate is one of the demo sites of the new technology and we have started off with a selection of sites (IPCC, goverment labs, research institutes etc. - as well as RealClimate itself of course!) that we know provide quality information about climate science. As we get used to this service, we will be adding sites and pages that we feel are up to the mark. Suggestions for sites that we might not yet have found or have overlooked, will of course be welcome.
Eventually, we hope to have a service that could be an essential resource for the interested public, journalists, and possibly even scientists, that would give a higher quality level of information than is possible now. Let us know if this ends up being useful to you and if you have any suggestions for improving the service.
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