Re: IP: CSTB Study on Internet Searching and the Domain Name System

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 11:54:46 -0700
From: Joe Touch <touch () ISI EDU>


> Interesting title.
>
> I've long believed that much of the current problems could disappear if
> everyone would finally admit that "the DNS is not a search engine."
>
> For decades we've used telephone directories to find businesses by
> category. We don't look under 'Rental Car Co." in the white pages. DNS
> names were designed to be easily remembered, not necessarily easily
> intuited.
>
> If we merely added a few numbers or characters to the names (like we do
> with duplicate license plates or cute telephone acronyms) we'd avoid at
> least some of the problem...
>
> Joe



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