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On Nov 24, 2004, at 9:21 AM, Ross Singer wrote: > What do you think is more appropriate (and intuitive) for a search > engine if the user gives no boolean, "and" or "or"? > > I guess my question is, assuming it's a keyword search, and the user > types in "institute paper science", would it be more appropriate to > default to "institute AND paper AND science" or "institute OR paper OR > science". > > I'm just sort of curious what other people's take on this might be. I think the default should be the Boolean intersection (AND). Boolean unions (OR) return too many hits. -- Eric Morgan