[LINK] Diacritics and Search Engines

[Antony Barry]

On 16/01/2008, at 12:36 PM, Roger Clarke wrote:

> It's embarrassing to have to admit it (because I've done some work  
> in this area), but I've just twigged to the obvious - diacritics  
> such as umlauts, acutes and cedillas are not handled well by search- 
> engines.


Diacritics are not just there to confuse we english speakers or to  
alter pronunciation, they affect meaning.

Try searching google separately on "thè", "thé", or "the" to see  
what I mean. If you want to search for a word spelt with and without  
a diacritic you need to OR them together.

Tony

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