semantic

In the article on new technologies supporting travel industry from [] you can read about semantic search technologies

quote: **Still Searching...for Better Search** Last year the trends were "Semantic Technology and the Semantic Web will drive the next wave of Internet technology" and "Search will evolve to become more effective." These are still true. Lack of adoption of the formal semantic Web does not mean that search is not getting better. There are several instances where semantics are being used to improve search. As they begin to show differentiated business value over normal search, they will gain traction.

What is meant with this

Open two search engines, [|http://www.google.com] and [] search for
 * Try following:**

a) Barack Obama b) Which drug treats headache


 * Some questions to answer in a mail to me (if group work add on all participants in your mail as a cc and list their names in your mail)**

What is the difference, how does google search for the the headache related questions and shows results, compared to what Hakia tries to do? (it's technical term would be Fuzzy logic). It has as well to do with natural language search

Different to Google, Hakia applies as well a different algorithm in its ranking, it determines a site’s relevancy by cross referencing a network of meaning-related criteria in the text of the page. What would be the algorithm applied by google? Why can such a search be called a long-tail query?

Try a third search engine [|http://www.evri.com] and search once more for Barack Obama, what does it tell you, how is it different to a "normal" search engine? and how does it make use of Web2.0? When you check on their site what do they see as a problem of todays web and how to make it different? (in your own words, NOT a copy from their pages)

Some cool videos which explain the term semantic web. Intro to semantic web [|youtube] A more fun (or scary) look into the future of a semantic webapplication in ordering your future pizza [|youtube] Or then listen to the inventor of the web (Tim Berners Lee) and experience his view of the future web [|youtube]