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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. Slashvertisement by TodMinuit · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Most of the things listed seem to make results more ambigious, not narrow them down.

    Even if you could radically change the way a search engine works, you then face an even bigger task: Forcing users to radically change their searching habits to fit your search engine.

    And what the hell is "QDEXing"? Google reveals nothing, therefore we can conclude it does not, in fact, exist.

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    1. Re:Slashvertisement by Mostly+a+lurker · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Yes, if you search for "QDEX search", you find a few links, but is is basically a plug for a specific search engine: Hakia Search Engine

  2. So maybe they'll implement decades-old tech? by whitroth · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I know from an ex-wife, a librarian, that librarians have been doing searches for fifteen or twenty years using such constuctions as NEAR . None of the popular search engines, from google on down, do this. It would *certainly* make my life easier, and result in relevant hits, rather than 100k hits because some asshole advertisers have thrown a laundry list into their META tag.

                    mark

  3. It Is About Time by BoRegardless · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I am sick of getting 100,000 irrelevnt hits & then doing dozens of narrowing searches, only to find that the word & phrase hits are all in different paragraphs or even unrelated articles on the same page.

    Bring it on NOW.

  4. Re:Google is here to stay by robogun · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Google is a part of your lifestyle? You can't be for real unless you're some marketing droid.
    But the fact is there are people out there who say "I won't change, it is teh easy," but they need to realize Google records every search they make.
    http://www.dummysoftware.com/gzapper.html