We’ve been talking a bit about semantic search, so it was interesting to see someone discuss semantic search as it pertains to enterprise search.
In a recent post on the Enterprise Search Blog in terms of leveraging language for improved searches. The author, Lydia Moulton, noted that semantic search is also relevant for enterprise search solutions as well.
In this way, Perfect Search may actually be ahead of the game. If the goal is to be able to figure out the intent behind the search, the ability to search for phrases already improves search relevance. In fact, the meaning behind the search is quite possibly the most important development in search today.
Google (GOOG) announced today that it had acquired Metaweb, which indexes things or “entities” in the world.
In a video explaining what they do, Metaweb talks about how the internet is not just words and for search to be the most relevant, it should be able to determine the context of the search term.
Google is obviously trying to improve the relevancy if its search. Last year PC World authors even called Google’s approach to search “aging” and talked about the search giant’s strategic moves to revamp its algorithms using semantic search.
This may be the best time for Google to refocus on its core product and make it better. Bing is already slowly chipping away at Google’s huge piece of the search engine pie. Could this be what Google needs to maintain its stranglehold on the industry?
