Peter Norvig

It's going to be a company organizing the sites into a directory structure.

It's going to be a company organizing the sites into a directory structure.

That worked okay when the web was a little bit bigger.

That worked okay when the web was a little bit bigger.

But as it continued to grow, that no longer worked.

But as it continued to grow, that no longer worked.

And then we really needed search rather than manually curated lists of directories and so on.

And then we really needed search rather than manually curated lists of directories and so on.

But in the early days, the search systems just weren't that good.

But in the early days, the search systems just weren't that good.

I guess, you know, we had some experience as a field of doing, it used to be called information retrieval rather than search.

I guess, you know, we had some experience as a field of doing, it used to be called information retrieval rather than search.

And it was sort of, it worked.

And it was sort of, it worked.

The techniques we had at the time worked for things like libraries.

The techniques we had at the time worked for things like libraries.

But the problem there was in a library environment,

But the problem there was in a library environment,

You know, everything that was published is like a real book or a real journal article that's already been vetted.

You know, everything that was published is like a real book or a real journal article that's already been vetted.