Talk to Google!
March 27, 2009 by Kine
Google’s search engine is old fashion; this is among others claimed by scientist Stephen Wolfram. In May 2009 he will be launching a version of his own search engine Wolfram Alpha, a computational data engine with a new approach to knowledge extraction and an easy-to-use interface. This is supposed to give the users the opportunity to ask questions in a whole different way than Google does. Because of this, Google has announced a new technology that steer searches in a more semantic direction. This new technology could be a big step in the future of online searching.
Semantic mean to understand what you really are searching for, the language, not just the words. With this technology, users should then ask the search engine questions, and get answers.
Google announced, on their Official Google Blog, that they now allow identifying and connecting the search inquiry with concepts and other related concepts. With this, the search result extends with other type of link in addition to the known answers.
For example, a Google search for ”principles of physics” gives a immediate hit on subjects like “big bang”, “special relativity” and “quantum mechanics “ and are related terms that could help you find what you need. But when it comes to search like e.g. “What kind of medicine do I need after an eye surgery” one have to understand the whole meaning and the relations between the words. In other words, understand the questions.
– quote, the Official Google Blog by Ori Allon and Ken Wilder.
A more semantic search would be very interesting, but I’m guessing there are a lot more potential problems associated with bringing up the most relevant search results.
Conceptual linking is much more complicated than simple key word scanning, but could bring out more rich search results.
Great post.