Monday, May 12, 2008

Wikipedia + "Ask" Queries = Powerset

A new specialized search engine hopes to establish a following by enabling Wikipedia to offer natural language queries. Powerset mines Wikipedia to extract relevant facts based on questions.

Is this the most niche search engine ever built for public consumption? Ask.com allows similar queries, but doesn't rank Wikipedia very high in its responses. While Wikipedia's search engine is limited, Google has indexed the site well, and it's hard not to get Wikipedia results amongst the top of your results.

So Powerset's task of going up against Google makes David versus Goliath seem easy today. However, as Powerset expands to include more data sources and focuses on factual information, they may have a chance to gain the attention of academics, news junkies, and interested people who want to focus on facts from impartial sources.

Via WebProNews

Posted By John Gartner at 09:25 AM
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