Talk:Federated search

Article should probably make some mention of Alpha, which is currently a federated search by Yahoo, currently in beta testsing.

Alpha can be found here: http://au.alpha.yahoo.com/

--TennBikeBerk 06:31, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

And of [OpenSearch], a popular search federation format supported by IE7, Firefox, and quite some searchable sites/applications --Raboof 11:26, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Added Sesat to the list of implementations. --> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Federated_search&diff=205760004&oldid=193537898
Even though ZimZalaBim removed many of the implementations in the previous edit ( http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Federated_search&diff=193537898&oldid=193525054 )

i added Sesat to the list as it is an open sourced implementation, rather than just an existing federated search service available to the public to use. i think that this the "implementation" section should more clearly separated between implementations/platforms/typical-patterns and current federated search engines available. For example the references to metasearch and Google Scholar in the first paragraph of this section should also be removed.

Maybe a separate section "Examples" should be created to allow these services to be listed? Although i think this list would quickly become unwieldy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Michaelsembwever (talk • contribs) 11:19, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Graphic is a mess. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.211.137.26 (talk) 14:33, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

The graphic is unreadable
I came specifically to complain about the graphic on this page. I see someone made the same comment anonymously, but that was well over a year ago, so it is disheartening to realize how long this sloppy graphic has been allowed to remain uncorrected. It is simply illegible, at least to humans like me, and therefore its information value is substantially compromised. Can someone please correct or replace this graphic - and soon, not in a year or two? Natcolley (talk) 15:02, 23 December 2010 (UTC)


 * The new graphic as of February 2011 looks fine, I think we can call it fixed. --Avirr (talk) 02:46, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 2 one external links on Federated search. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20100110060335/http://www.libraryjournal.com:80/article/CA6571320.html to http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6571320.html
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20100327234118/http://www.altsearchengines.com:80/2009/01/11/federated-search-finds-content-that-google-cant-reach-part-i-of-iii/ to http://www.altsearchengines.com/2009/01/11/federated-search-finds-content-that-google-cant-reach-part-i-of-iii/

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