A BRIGHTPLANET WHITE PAPER

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BrightPlanet Corporation
Released: December 2004

Executive Summary

Major Internet search engines index billions of documents and are an essential tool in the discovery of information. Their scope and fast performance allow the rapid testing of queries and ideas. Search engines play an invaluable role in learning and refining how to get relevant information.

But what happens after initial discovery? Search engine results are not persistent. Bookmarking, taking notes or printing a document are the only mechanisms to make these discoveries close to "permanent". And, should the same information be sought a few days, weeks or months later, how can the user re-call the steps taken during the last search?

U.S. businesses could achieve $33 billion in savings annually through better ways to find previously discovered Web content. This white paper describes how keeping search queries, the search process, and their attendant results persistent is the missing link in deriving true value from the global document warehouse that the Internet has become.