SIMS 141: Search Engines: Technology, Society, and Business
SIMS 141: Search Engines: Technology, Society, and Business (Fall 2005, UC Berkeley). Instructor: Professor Marti Hearst. The World Wide Web brings much of the world's knowledge into the reach of nearly everyone with a computer and an internet connection. The availability of huge quantities of information at our fingertips is transforming government, business, and many other aspects of society. Topics include search advertising and auctions, search and privacy, search ranking, internationalization, anti-spam efforts, local search, peer-to-peer search, and search of blogs and online communities.