| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : OCTOBER 4, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| COVER STORY -- THE INTERNET AGE -- SOCIETY
Making the Net Work for You New software tools will focus searches, link you with your peers, and liberate you from the sea of dumb-pet pages in today's online communities. SEARCH Today's search engines just scratch the surface of the Web's nearly one billion pages. New software tools go deeper, automatically analyzing the structure of the Web and marking content for easy retrieval. CONTINUOUS PEER REVIEW How do you find valuable nuggets of data strewn across a million message boards and chat rooms? The best sites are starting to allow participants to rate the content continuously and tag the best portions. ''BOTS'' Software agents known as bots help stockbrokers manage transactions at speeds that leave humans in the dust. Bots will soon be commodities, assisting ordinary folk in all chores conducted over the Net. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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