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Do You Hakia?
By Marisa | October 30, 2007
Yesterday I mentioned that I’ve been testing a new search engine. I’m still trying to get accustomed to it because it’s different than Google. But so far, so good.
The new search engine I’m using is Hakia and it is different because it’s a Semantic Search Engine. What that means is that the results you get are based on relevancy. The Hakia About page gives a quick overview but if you want a little more information on the technology, do check out the Benefits page.
Hakia’s CEO, Dr. Riza C. Berkan, is a nuclear physicist and a noted authority on fuzzy logic, natural language processing and artificial intelligence. He’s published a number of articles and is author of the book Fuzzy Systems Design Principles. He also hooked me on his new search engine after I read his Message at the Hakia site.
The one thing about Google that made it hard for me to switch was the convenient search bar in Firefox. I guess there’s benefits to coming late to the party because I read in the Hakia blog that a Firefox version of their “ScoopBar” was released on October 1. That’s really all I needed to be convinced. I installed the bar and I haven’t looked back. Yes, it, it’s taken me a day or so to learn to search the way I talk, or “with meaning” as opposed to with keywords. But I’m getting it. And I’m convinced that others will have no trouble finding what they’re seeking online. And as Dr. Berkan points out, Hakia is tomorrow’s technology. We’ve spent years learning to search the way Google instructed us and now it’s time to go back to searching the way our brains work, in phrases, sentences and questions.
Is Hakia perfect? No. But Hakia is still in beta so I’m sure more features will be added. The Hakia Lab is already looking interesting; I can’t wait to learn more about new developments there. If the R&D team need suggestions, I’ve got a few. For one, I’d love to see mapping. I use Google maps quite a bit and would love to have that integrated into the search engine I intend to use daily. Also, I tried to enter a UPS tracking number and a USPS tracking number (didn’t have a FedEx number handy) and got no results. That’s one of those really nice Google features that I’d like to see Hakia implement.
So, are you looking for a new search engine? Are you ready to un-learn Google’s way and reacquaint yourself with searching the way you speak? Do you want to jump on this bandwagon before it starts getting full? Then come on over to the Hakia way of searching. Look around the site, install the ScoopBar, check out the webmaster tools, and read through the blog. Then, if you’re even a little bit impressed, why not write a blog entry about Hakia? Let’s all get the ball rolling and make Hakia the next big search engine. After all, it is tomorrow’s technology, delivered today.
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so blogging this. thanks for the info
Great! Let me know how you like it.
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Yeps, gonna blog about it too … thanks for the info. I like especially the backroom