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Article: Factiva Search 2.0.(online spotlight)
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- May 1, 2006
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Users of Factiva [global.factiva.com] may have noticed a newlink at the top of their search screens, inviting them to "Try Factiva Search 2.0 Beta." Click there and you're pointed to preview.factiva.com. The first time you try out Search 2.0, you are prompted for information on your region, industry, and job function (as you were when you first logged on to the end-user-friendly Start Page). This information is used to tweak the relevance ranking of search results.
Once you've filled out this basic profile information, you are taken to the Search 2.0 page, with its Googlelike white expanse and a single search box. By the time you read this, Search 2.0 will have ...