Microsoft takes on Google with semantic search
MICROSOFT HAS ANNOUNCED that it is internally testing a new search engine codenamed Kumo which it hopes will take on Google.
Based on semantic technology which matches complex phrases and the relationships between words rather than single words, the new technology which may eventually replace Live Search, is apparently creating a buzz amongst Microsoft employees who are the only people to have seen the software in action.
The Redmond company has constantly played catch-up with the now ubiquitous Google, even going so far as to make a shambolic and fruitless $47.5 billion attempt to snap up second-place search engine Yahoo last year.
Microsoft has ignored requests to open tests to the public saying: "This sort of internal testing is actually fairly commonplace at Microsoft and something we do with many of our products before we decide to release things publicly. Our hope is that our employees will give us great feedback on our new features and that it all becomes part of the external experience soon."
Google curently hogs 60 per cent of the Internet search pie, Yahoo has 21 per cent, and Microsoft trails third with 8.5 per cent. µ
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Now those "jewel" weird ass searches like the ones below will make even more sense:
3. marilyn monroe burial fotos
2. how to get rid of demons in a persons life-calvary chapel
1. tattoos cross “only god can judge me”
xD
"... the animated red dog isn't ready, yet."
Gee, I wonder how much time did it take to MS to realize people would always prefer to type "google" to "Livesearch". It's just easier. Of course crappy results didn't help either but they're on track to "Getting it", although a little too late already.
Jose, I'd gladly type sdfghjkl,xvcz each time I have to, if Micro$oft manages to create a search algorithm that ignores search clouds and similar spamming. Nowdays the problem is not that Google doesn't find. It is about the ammount of spam in the results it generates. Sometimes a relatively simple search turns into a treasure hunt because of the various SEO and Ad techniques many sites apply nowdays. I'd preffer fewer more accurate results rather than goooogle of spam pages.
BTW, if you haven't noticed it yet - all current browsers have a search engine integration (usually a search bar in top right) which eliminates the need to actually type the engine's web address...
Even is from Microsoft this initiative, is a good one...
Let's see the implementation.
Jose, sorry to be pedantic, Semantic Search is about NOT using an algorithm. The search engine market is going to change significantly in the next few years as sophisticated users (such as yourself) begin to understand that fewer but far more accurate, more relevant results with less 'noise' & ambiguity is preferable to the mass jumble of current Google results.
"I hereby announce that I am internally testing a new search engine with entirely secret technology that will take on Google and Yahoo and the Yellow Pages. I am only testing it in my neighborhood, though. Sorry!" LOL!
Then MS bought it and made it slow, advert-bloated and hard to get around. It's currently a slight improvement, but they are blocking using it with Windows email clients, ffs wtf are MS doing.
Logout of Hotmail - Redirected to msn and a page full of little writing, images, adverts and other shite. I don't like that.
Google - single white clean page with 1 box to fill in. Easy, nice, simple.
MS should start doing it like Google - easy, nice, simple.
That would be the holy grial of natural language? Meanwhile, another initiatives or doing some work on semantics. Very interesting this approach the the semantic search based on Mel'cuk theories of Meaning-text:
http://www.inbenta.com/index.php/en/meaning-text-theory.html