Structured data for online content: how indexers can help search engines

Bell, Alexandra

The Indexer: The International Journal of Indexing (2018), 36, (3), 101–105.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3828/indexer.2018.44
Language: English
Pages: 5

Abstract

Search engines are constantly crawling through a vast amount of online information. Most of this process is automated, but human assistance is still needed to tease out the meaning, context, and nuances that machines can miss. Alexandra Bell suggests that indexers could help search engines provide better results for users by applying structured data to online content.

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