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I attempted to find a company I know and 6 searches later I still couldn't find it. The first two attempts I had part of the name wrong, I.e. x resources instea
by tahssa 11y ago
I attempted to find a company I know and 6 searches later I still couldn't find it. The first two attempts I had part of the name wrong, I.e. x resources instead of x energy, but I corrected that, continued, and still couldn't find it even though it came back with dozens of results.
Google got it on the first attempt even using the wrong name.
Too much data with poor search algorithms can be worse than a phonebook.
- rpedela 11y agoJust curious, what name did you test?
- tahssa 11y agoDevon
- etep 11y agoI tried the same thing and never did get the company I was looking for, mine was Intel.
- herah 11y agoI also work at OpenCorporates and work alongside NGOs and investigators on stories as the data we have can be essential in tracking chains of corporate control and expose links to corruption. We have a community of botwriters and researchers who specifically go after datasets that are hard to find/scrape but are valuable e.g. financial licenses, businesses licenses etc. We're on slack if you're interested to see what's happening in our community: http://slack.opencorporates.com/ http://slack.opencorporates.com/
- chronic50 11y agoYou didn't answer his post nor did you respond to his comments. Please only post relevant material on HN.