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]]> By: manish http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/comment-page-1/#comment-832371 manish Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:21:57 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/#comment-832371 the thory implies that by wearing clothes one can conceal or attention from certain part of body. the thory implies that by wearing clothes one can conceal or attention from certain part of body.

]]> By: Geekovation » Blog Archive » Yet another “Microsoft acquires Powerset” blog http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/comment-page-1/#comment-819598 Geekovation » Blog Archive » Yet another “Microsoft acquires Powerset” blog Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:27:07 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/#comment-819598 [...] acquisition can add value in making vertical search offerings from live.com smarter and probably scaring the Mountain View behemoth. Whether MSFT takes Powerset’s saplings and nurtures it into its Redmond forests - this only [...] [...] acquisition can add value in making vertical search offerings from live.com smarter and probably scaring the Mountain View behemoth. Whether MSFT takes Powerset’s saplings and nurtures it into its Redmond forests – this only [...]

]]> By: Prakash pimpale http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/comment-page-1/#comment-818448 Prakash pimpale Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:59:35 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/#comment-818448 I don't agree with the Norvig completely as he says Natural language technology will not be a practical in somming time. I agree with the strength of the statistical approaches used for the natural languages processing, but they can't stand alone. Now take an example of the Machine translation system by the Google (specifically I will talk of English to Hindi), its statistical but doesn't do any sensible translation. On other hand you can see a English to Hindi machine translation system called MaTra doing much better than it. You can try this here http://202.141.152.9/matra/index.jsp . This seems to be much better than Google's. And so I think guys at Google shouldn't Ignore the other growing giants, as today only I read Dianosor vanish one day...! I don’t agree with the Norvig completely as he says Natural language technology will not be a practical in somming time. I agree with the strength of the statistical approaches used for the natural languages processing, but they can’t stand alone.
Now take an example of the Machine translation system by the Google (specifically I will talk of English to Hindi), its statistical but doesn’t do any sensible translation. On other hand you can see a English to Hindi machine translation system called MaTra doing much better than it. You can try this here
http://202.141.152.9/matra/index.jsp . This seems to be much better than Google’s. And so I think guys at Google shouldn’t Ignore the other growing giants, as today only I read Dianosor vanish one day…!

]]> By: Microsoft to buy semantic search engine Powerset for $100M plus » VentureBeat http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/comment-page-1/#comment-818281 Microsoft to buy semantic search engine Powerset for $100M plus » VentureBeat Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:01:06 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/#comment-818281 [...] response to our question about how Google is planning to use semantics, if at all, Google gave a very similar answer to the one Google’s Director of Research Peter Norvig provided last [...] [...] response to our question about how Google is planning to use semantics, if at all, Google gave a very similar answer to the one Google’s Director of Research Peter Norvig provided last [...]

]]> By: Aron http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/comment-page-1/#comment-628952 Aron Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:14:27 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/#comment-628952 <a href="" rel="nofollow"></a>

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]]> By: Joe Duck http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/comment-page-1/#comment-358041 Joe Duck Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:58:04 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/#comment-358041 As Don dodge noted recently you only need 1% of the search market to do very well. Powerset is poised to do well, and could even be the "killer search application" though it's too early to say if they can beat Google at the game Google has played so well for many years. As Don dodge noted recently you only need 1% of the search market to do very well. Powerset is poised to do well, and could even be the “killer search application” though it’s too early to say if they can beat Google at the game Google has played so well for many years.

]]> By: lisa lisa http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/comment-page-1/#comment-221579 lisa lisa Sat, 02 Jun 2007 08:22:35 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/#comment-221579 I wasn't aware of any big NL groups at Yahoo when I worked there. Also, analyzing RDF triples, while progress, isn't exactly "deep" linguistic analysis although there are now db technologies (oracle, franz) who are supporting large data stores which will help inch this technology along. I wasn’t aware of any big NL groups at Yahoo when I worked there. Also, analyzing RDF triples, while progress, isn’t exactly “deep” linguistic analysis although there are now db technologies (oracle, franz) who are supporting large data stores which will help inch this technology along.

]]> By: Enrique Torrejon http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/comment-page-1/#comment-8364 Enrique Torrejon Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:01:14 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/#comment-8364 Hi, Regarding the hype of PowerSet and the NLP technology they are developing, it is not that new! At Bitext, we have been developing natural language search engines for more than 4 years now. These engines allow users to query in natural language to any computer application, including the web. If you would like to see how it works, you can visit our demo of NaturalFinder integrated with MSN Search for English at http://demos.bitext.com/MSNen/frames.htm Our technology can be easily integrated with any search engine like Google Search Appliance, Autonomy, dtSearch, Lucene, etc. For more info, do not hesitate to contact us! Good day to all! Hi,

Regarding the hype of PowerSet and the NLP technology they are developing, it is not that new!

At Bitext, we have been developing natural language search engines for more than 4 years now. These engines allow users to query in natural language to any computer application, including the web.

If you would like to see how it works, you can visit our demo of NaturalFinder integrated with MSN Search for English at http://demos.bitext.com/MSNen/frames.htm

Our technology can be easily integrated with any search engine like Google Search Appliance, Autonomy, dtSearch, Lucene, etc.

For more info, do not hesitate to contact us!

Good day to all!

]]> By: Vivek Juneja http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/comment-page-1/#comment-8080 Vivek Juneja Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:47:49 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/#comment-8080 Hi, I believe in what the above person says. That has been the major bottleneck when developing any NLU engine. I myself had developed a NL Interface to Operating System sometime back, it worked correctly till Users started expecting more and the minor mismatches were blown out thus reducing the confidence of people in the System. Hi,
I believe in what the above person says. That has been the major bottleneck when developing any NLU engine. I myself had developed a NL Interface to Operating System sometime back, it worked correctly till Users started expecting more and the minor mismatches were blown out thus reducing the confidence of people in the System.

]]> By: Caribbean Guy http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/comment-page-1/#comment-8063 Caribbean Guy Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:37:17 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/#comment-8063 There are three major problems with this approach. First, it is technically difficult to do it well. Second, it isn't necessarily going to be more appealing to users, because they need to use more keystrokes. Third, it tends to create a higher expectation level for users, so users will tend to be more critical of the results -- any failure to correctly interpret and answer their question tends to be very noticeable. In contrast, the simplistic keyword approach takes less typing, it is easier for the Search Engine to accomplish, and because of the crude manner in which the words are typed into the box, users tend to dismiss failures as an indication that they failed to type the right keywords. There are three major problems with this approach. First, it is technically difficult to do it well. Second, it isn’t necessarily going to be more appealing to users, because they need to use more keystrokes. Third, it tends to create a higher expectation level for users, so users will tend to be more critical of the results — any failure to correctly interpret and answer their question tends to be very noticeable. In contrast, the simplistic keyword approach takes less typing, it is easier for the Search Engine to accomplish, and because of the crude manner in which the words are typed into the box, users tend to dismiss failures as an indication that they failed to type the right keywords.

]]> By: Bob New http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/comment-page-1/#comment-8057 Bob New Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:14:58 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/#comment-8057 My all time favorite search story is about when I was researching a programming problem. I had typed in a line of compiler generated assembly language that had generated an error. The first page returned by the search contained the answer I was looking for. Of course being taken to the exact page was the result of entering a very specific query. I had entered a fairly long list of query terms each of which have pretty low frequency in the total web content. (And of course I was lucky that that page did in fact exist). To me the value in search is finding the one single page that has the exact detail you are looking for. In my example above, this occurred because of the number of explicit search terms I had entered. But most often, I have to manually search through many pages until either I find what I am looking for. Eventually search capabilities will improve to give users more targeted search results. By targeted, I mean a better threshold for what is relevant to the query than just "this page contains the words you asked for". Eventually the search threshold will be "this page contains the MEANING you asked for". In time, linguistics will be applied to help improve search capabilities. Things like word-sense disambiguation, word synonyms and sentence structure will likely all play in this. My all time favorite search story is about when I was researching a programming problem. I had typed in a line of compiler generated assembly language that had generated an error. The first page returned by the search contained the answer I was looking for.

Of course being taken to the exact page was the result of entering a very specific query. I had entered a fairly long list of query terms each of which have pretty low frequency in the total web content. (And of course I was lucky that that page did in fact exist).

To me the value in search is finding the one single page that has the exact detail you are looking for. In my example above, this occurred because of the number of explicit search terms I had entered. But most often, I have to manually search through many pages until either I find what I am looking for.

Eventually search capabilities will improve to give users more targeted search results. By targeted, I mean a better threshold for what is relevant to the query than just “this page contains the words you asked for”. Eventually the search threshold will be “this page contains the MEANING you asked for”.

In time, linguistics will be applied to help improve search capabilities. Things like word-sense disambiguation, word synonyms and sentence structure will likely all play in this.

]]> By: Kind And Thoughtful http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/comment-page-1/#comment-8043 Kind And Thoughtful Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:44:01 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/#comment-8043 This is a great country. Ideas can come from anywhere. They may be instantaneous or take years to develop. Then, with the persistence and financing, they are brought to the world. This is a great country. Ideas can come from anywhere. They may be instantaneous or take years to develop. Then, with the persistence and financing, they are brought to the world.

]]> By: Mihran Shahinian http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/comment-page-1/#comment-8030 Mihran Shahinian Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:20:14 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/08/powersets-search-technology-scoop-may-scare-google/#comment-8030 They also assume that users are going to type in full nlq sentences. From the experience most end users put 2-3 keywords inside the search box. They also assume that users are going to type in full nlq sentences.
From the experience most end users put 2-3 keywords inside the search box.

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