Other sources of data include Wikipedia and the CIA World Factbook. Google described the next generation of search as tapping into “the collective intelligence of the web and understanding the world a bit more like people do.
I need a life.So I have been having fun playing around with NationMaster, a cool site developed by Luke Metcalfe, an Australian and fellow stat-geek who was frustrated at his inability to mine the data within the CIA World Factbook.
A (quick) answer comes from material autonomously mined from open web sources like Wikipedia, CIA World Factbook, IMDB, and other sites delivered at the very top of a web results page. Although we've blogged many times about search engines becoming...
Not only facts from the CIA World Factbook listed on the results page but also direct links to other sources. World Nations: Quick Facts Long before MSN, Yahoo, or Google began including answers (not just links) for specific types of ready...
For example, the mexico query has a listing for the CIA World Factbook, providing encyclopedia-style information about Mexico rather than being a travel guide. Claria, the company behind the Gator eWallet software, has released new search relevancy...
The World Factbook http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ The CIA maintains extensive information on more than 267 countries and other "entities" in its comprehensive World Factbook. Looking for authoritative, in-depth information about the...
