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Seven Search Engine Evolutions for '07
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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an article beginning with a bill gates quote cant be wrong.
~~~ Paf. Le chien.
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.
I wonder if I use bold in my signature, people will notice my posts.
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.
Ignore this signature. By order.
...that I was unimpressed when "fussy logic" was a buzzword a decade ago. I do not look forward to it's resurgence in the marketing lexicon.
Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
But then you have a browser called Internet Explorer... Confused yet?
Ignore this signature. By order.
Let's hope it's better than the author's search engine, hakia.com. Just used it to search for "nike stores in the uk". First result is an etailer in the US, all the others are spam sites. Looks like we've got a long way to go before search engines actually understand what I'm looking for.
Can somebody please explain what a semantic search would look like? I'm not sure if I understand the meaning.
Full Tilt
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
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
I just want to tell the engine that keyword 1 is 5 times as important as keyword 2
Give me a slider control that instantly filters the results... ie: have the first 100 results waiting for me with 20 showing, then let me adjust the weight of my keywords until I get the list I am looking for with individual items falling off or being added to the list as I adjust the controls.
A fool throws a stone into a well and a thousand sages can not remove it.
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.
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