Powerset: Don’t call us a search engine by Chris Morrison, Venture Beat (Apr 10)
Powerset could make 2008 a significant year in semantic search.
"It appears 2008 might well be shaping up to be the year that semantic technology kicks off: Semantic search engine Hakia has begun licensing its technology, the intelligent organizer Twine is readying for launch, and now natural language search engine Powerset is also considering a near-term launch, as TechCrunch recently noted."
It won't be a Google killer (no one is asking for that), but it could fill a gap and need.
"The answer is all in possibilities. Google is still the best way to hunt through vast numbers of silos (web pages) containing information when you’re looking for a specific fact. No new technology will seriously challenge that ability for a year or two, at least. But a technology like Powerset could short-circuit Google’s process by just giving you the damn fact, already instead of listing relevant websites."
Posted by Gwen at April 15, 2008 01:29 AM