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Google Acquires Metaweb

Posted by Soulskill on from the nothing-to-do-with-neal-stephenson dept.

eldavojohn writes "A startup called Metaweb (looks like an ontological, entity-based approach to Web 2.0 tagging) has been acquired by Google. You can find out what they're about from a super marketing fluff video they put together. The neat thing about Metaweb is that the database of entities it has is free. Will Google be able to make Metaweb work on their omniscient scale, or was this just Google making sure a startup doesn't become yet another player in search?"

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  1. Re:"Ontological" is a synonym for failure. by infinitelink · · Score: 2, Informative

    "Ontological" is an essential adjective for describing different aspects of knowledge (science); ontology for ordering it.

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  2. Re:Something Alta Vista had Google does not... by Joe+Snipe · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

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