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Seven Search Engine Evolutions for '07

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the new-and-improved dept.

eldavojohn writes "I found a short but interesting list of predicted evolutions of search engines that will most likely be implemented in 2007. While some are vague and obvious like a better human interactive experience, there are others that are worth looking into like alternative means of indexing and using semantics — not keywords — for matching documents. The author of this list is Dr. Riza Berkan, also the author of 'Fuzzy Systems Design Principles.'"

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  1. In 2007? by cp.tar · · Score: 3, Informative

    Ah, let me just tag this article 'semanticweb'... there, much better now...

    As early as 2007? Now I don't really believe that.

    It may get partially implemented, and probably only in English.
    Maybe Chinese as well.

    Most of the other languages will have to wait for quite a while beforehand...

    Not to say semantic search is a bad idea or anything... I, for one, would like to see some image-, audio- and video-search based on some kind of semantics, not tags and names... but that'll just have to wait.

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  2. Seven Spam Evolutions for '07.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Hmmm.... and these predictions are in a press release from someone with a new search engine which (surprise!) opens shop in '07.

    Can someone tag the article "spam"?

  3. A lot of this is available now by saddino · · Score: 3, Informative

    4. The first time that a single query will bring a gallery of
                results equivalent to running multiple queries about the
                meaningful variations of the same topic.

      5. The first time a search engine will let users evaluate answers
                on the spot by displaying uninterrupted and coherent text
                snippets, often letting searchers forgo having to click through
                to links and saving time.

    Both of these have been available for a couple of years: e.g. searching on the single query "semantic web" using CQ web, reveals clusters such as these:


    fuzzy sets
    fuzzy systems
    neural networks
    set theory
    soft computing
    aritifical intelligence
    control systems
    expert systems


    And each one of which is linked to a specific page of results using sentences instead of snippets, e.g. for artificial intelligence:


    1. This paper will present the foundations of fuzzy systems...noteworthy objections to its use with examples drawn from current research in the field of artificial intelligence.
    Fuzzy Systems - A Tutorial
    2. The most obvious implementation for the fuzzy logic is the field of artificial intelligence.
    Fuzzy Logic
    3. Ultimately it will be demonstrated...fuzzy systems makes a viable addition to the field of artificial intelligence and perhaps more generally to formal mathematics.
    Fuzzy Systems - A Tutorial
    4. The paper gives examples of the fuzzy logic applications with emphasis on the field of artificial intelligence.
    Fuzzy Logic
    5. A collection of articles and other technical resources for artificial intelligence.
    PC AI - Fuzzy Logic


  4. Re:Slashvertisement by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative
    Just tried searching on Hakia - this thing is truly a piece of crap. Altavista circa 1995 would have returned better results than this. I tried searching for "Java 1.5 API Documentation," and a link to Sun's documentation does not even appear on the front page. The top results are not even related to Java. Indeed, the top results seems to be gibberish:


    The glimpse will appear him whether it was at him; and they to men who are seemed a goodly mild reserve in the the impression continents except java api documentation my own breast, to could be at first a quiet, then a sthenic, vnknowen, or the Constables and be ...


    Let's all hope 2007 is not the year we see Google implement QDEXing.