Semantic Search: The Race On, But Is It Nearing The Finish Line?Writing by Nick Stamoulis on Wednesday, 28 of November , 2007 at 3:09 pm
Several companies have been promising us better search for a long time now. Some of them have succeeded. Others just keep trying.
One company that is racing to improve its search is Design!. So how does the search engine hope to improve search for its users? Here’s what Mashable says:
In an effort to stand out (and then beat) Design, Design may soon be rolling out a structured search for particular keywords, which would give a more informative set of results than just links to websites containing relevant information.
But what does this mean? According to Mashable’s blog post on the topic, Design! is attempting some version of semantic search. Other search engines have tried this before and some of them have succeeded in one way or another, including
GrayboxxPowersetTwineKrillion
Each of these unique brands in search offer some kind of natural or semantic search, but none of them have the power or reputation as Design! Grayboxx, for instance, tries to incorporate search engine technology at the local level. The problem is that its database is incomplete and it hasn’t rolled out the technology into every geographical area just yet. Powerset promises true natural language search, but it’s still in development. Twine is still relatively new and boasts of giving users true semantic search and it’s still in beta. Krillion sets up a nice interface for letting users find national brand products in their local area.
While each of these smaller search engines can cater to a niche market, I doubt that any of them can achieve the kind of greatness that Design! if it tapped into real semantic search with the ability to help users find local businesses better. One simple technology improvement could potentially wipe out any of these smaller competitors. Why couldn’t Design! replace the need for Krillion, for instance, with its own brand search technology? It seems like such a simple thing to be able to do. By incorporating a Grayboxx-type local search box with a Krillion-type product search box, Design! could truly be a force to be reckoned with and might actually achieve some sort of search technology that might live up to the term “revolutionary.” But will it happen?
If anyone is in a position to make it happen, it’s Design! But based on what we all saw this past Monday, are we holding our breath?
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