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re: Semantic Advertising Technology - There's a New Sheriff in Town

SteveS — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:01:16 GMT

I agree, Balaji... brand safety is a pretty big issue.

re: Semantic Advertising Technology - There's a New Sheriff in Town

balajik — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:03:57 GMT

yeah .. Mention of brand safety takes me to Mike's earlier post -community.openamplify.com/.../bread-and-butter-brand-safety.aspx

OpenAmplify has a bigger role to play.

re: Semantic Advertising Technology - There's a New Sheriff in Town

SteveS — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:17:49 GMT

Good content here... very worthwhile viewing.

re: Recap of the Web 3.0 Conference

JohnMaxwell — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:28:17 GMT

Good post overall; I also kinda feel like he's reinforcing my basic view, which is that "Web 3.0" is a catchphrase in search of something to refer to.

re: Web 3.0 Promises Change for Libraries

janeS — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:59:50 GMT

In the world of academic computer science, the web is regarded as, effectively, "the new operating system"--and this has repercussions for the computer science curriculum. Effectively, students need to learn how to develop applications in a very different environment than in the past--and the operating systems course that has been a staple of computer science programs forever may soon become obsolete.

re: Recap of the Web 3.0 Conference

SteveS — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:13:08 GMT

Very cool stuff... I like the part where he says that "Semantic search won’t be a big revolution from a new startup, but there will be game changers" - indeed.

re: Web 3.0 Promises Change for Libraries

SteveS — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:24:15 GMT

That was a pretty cool read... I didn't know that Second Life had such far-flung potential. Will have to check it out.

re: State of the Internet Explained In One Giant Infographic

SteveS — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:57:28 GMT

Dag... this is way cool! I'm digging the different way information can be displayed... beats pie charts any day!

re: Social Networking Powerhouse Panel at Davos

SteveS — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:55:08 GMT

Interesting read, Dave! Very handy to have all of this in one single post.

re: Google vs. Bing in Realtime Search

SteveS — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:08:41 GMT

Interesting! This might be just the thing that actually differentiates Bing for the better.

re: Looking for Information on the Internet Can Be Difficult

SteveS — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:58:45 GMT

Balaji, this is very helpful... I didn't know this resource existed. These tactics should help cut down on paid advertisers getting the top search result spots, no?

re: Looking for Information on the Internet Can Be Difficult

balajik — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:44:39 GMT

Are you guys aware of the Google Search usage- www.google.com/.../answer.py

I see many of my friends who doesn't even know such thing exists.

re: Looking for Information on the Internet Can Be Difficult

SteveS — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:02:24 GMT

Does anyone use Boolean search strings anymore? It's an old habit I can't shake... :)

re: Looking for Information on the Internet Can Be Difficult

SteveS — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:58:20 GMT

Good article. I've long since noticed that I've had to go a few pages into my search results to find what I am REALLY looking for.

re: From Swiss Army Knives to Smoking Cigarettes: The Future of Search

sderose — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:17:30 GMT

As the Google guy replied, there are plenty of hard problems left. I can think of a few:

* Searching non-text -- of course there are some beginnings, but that's very far from solved.

* Cross-language searching

* Even very rudimentary semantics, such as telling the difference between the 1000 posters who asks a questio, and the 1 (or sometimes 0!) who answers it (or ansers it *correctly*, say, as indicated by others posting back that the solution worked).

* Searching usefully on the increasing amount of relatively "formal" semantic information: say you add FOAF data to your home page, or someone respected puts up an OWL ontology of subject X.

* Given that sort of "semantic" search, reasoning in the face of the massive amount of contradictory claims out there (remember that if 2 sites assert contradictory facts, it takes a pretty smart program to avoid concluding that *everything*.

* Learning to hand users pages of the genre they care about: say, refereed journal articles vs. dicsussions on a forum for newbies.

* The ability to find things if you don't phrase it with the right keywords -- there's some capability for this, but I still occasionally find myself spending a long time looking for things unsuccessfully, until I chance across a particular phrase that makes it all spill forth.

* Distinguishing obsolete information from current (this shouldn't even be that hard in most cases). How often have you gotten "answers" that only apply to a software version that was discontinued 5 years ago?

That should keep us all busy for another decade or two.