Archive for: May, 2009
May 29th, 2009
Bing is not alone; similar techniques alive and well in existing vertical search
Microsoft’s Bing is attracting plenty of interest today, and perhaps deservedly so as it brings some interesting fresh ideas to the world of generic search engines. Whether it is sufficiently compelling to break our deeply ingrained association of ’search’ with ‘Google’ remains to be seen.
It should be remembered, of course, that broadly similar approaches are already taken to managing and navigating data inside the data centres of large corporations where Autonomy, FAST, Endeca and their peers provide powerful capabilities.
I recorded a podcast with Endeca Chief Scientist Daniel Tunkelang in January and, by chance, spoke with Robin Johnson yesterday. Robin is CEO of FT Search, part of the Financial Times Group, and responsible for a new vertical search tool called Newssift. Newssift combines components from various technology companies (including Endeca, Nstein, Lexalytics and ReelTwo) to offer a useful means of learning more about businesses and the external factors affecting them.
May 22nd, 2009
Semantic Web Gang podcast discusses Wolfram Alpha and Google's Rich Snippets
This month has seen Google announce ‘Rich Snippets‘ and Wolfram Research release Alpha to a flurry of mainstream media coverage; both are of interest to those working on the Semantic Web.
This month’s episode of the Semantic Web Gang takes a look at both stories, and Gang members share their impressions on the news and what it might mean moving forward.
Next month’s Semantic Web Gang will be coming live from the Semantic Technology Conference in San Jose.
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