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Media: About.com reviews the Beeb's Search Engine


Source: About.com, 10 May 2002
Submitted by Ann Light

In a piece entitled 'BBC Joins the Search Engine Fray, Users Win', Kevin Elliott of About.com touches on the response of other search engines, indignant about competition from the BBC, before assessing BBCi in terms of usability:

'From the user's point of view... it's nothing but good news: BBCi Search does exactly what it's supposed to do, and does it really well,' he concludes.

The piece is a good summary of everything that has been said about the new service and a balanced review of its strengths and user appeal, which Elliott considers to rival Google, especially for British searchers.

 


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