tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post4683768690383202085..comments2024-03-18T02:14:57.204-07:00Comments on Google Operating System: Let's Test PowersetAlex Chituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-28058608438329265632007-12-21T11:21:00.000-08:002007-12-21T11:21:00.000-08:00Thanks for starting the discussion about Powerset’...Thanks for starting the discussion about Powerset’s latest demo. Please keep in mind that this pre-alpha version of Wikipedia search is still a work in progress. We’re continually improving ranking, summarization and highlighting features, and will soon be offering features for enhanced browsing of semantically indexed content. We also plan to integrate features that are unique to Powerset, such as automatically aggregating and browsing facts and relationships from our index (see our Powermouse demo in Powerlabs). Expect many changes in the coming weeks!<BR/><BR/>Here are some queries that offer some more insight into how we index Wikipedia and display results:<BR/><BR/>when did earthquakes hit san francisco<BR/>who supports Barack Obama<BR/>does Tom Cruise have kids<BR/>who did Hulk Hogan defeat<BR/><BR/>We certainly welcome the feedback, and encourage your readers to join Powerlabs (labs.powerset.com) for more information about our demos and vision for the future of search. <BR/><BR/>Scott Prevost<BR/>PowersetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-38009586657349922132007-12-21T08:04:00.000-08:002007-12-21T08:04:00.000-08:00Ionut, you've just said everything I was thinking....Ionut, you've just said everything I was thinking. I don't really believe in Powerset. But... Time will tell us the real thing.Felipe Hummelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14684146956029437992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-74332169288440483322007-12-21T06:28:00.000-08:002007-12-21T06:28:00.000-08:00@Paret:If that's a query, Powerset doesn't find an...@Paret:<BR/>If that's a query, Powerset doesn't find any result.<BR/><BR/>@Felipe:<BR/>I think there are very few situations in which Powerset delivers better results than Google, Yahoo etc. And it's difficult to scale syntactical analysis for billions of web pages and tens of languages.<BR/><BR/>Google delivers pretty good results even if it doesn't understand the meaning of your query and I'm not sure if it's really necessary to understand grammatical dependencies .Alex Chituhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-22824315081049755472007-12-21T05:58:00.000-08:002007-12-21T05:58:00.000-08:00Hey Ionut, I understood the reason Powerset chose ...Hey Ionut, I understood the reason Powerset chose Wikipedia. I Just think Powerset promised too much, and indexing only Wikipedia is way too far from its promise.<BR/>I'm not saying they're not in the right path. But... I was hoping for more. <BR/><BR/>When I get my invitation to PowerLabs, maybe I'll run some tests with Google and Powerset. Comparing several queries and some scientific measures.Felipe Hummelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14684146956029437992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-67656216646584687942007-12-21T04:13:00.000-08:002007-12-21T04:13:00.000-08:00I'd like to run an OpenID serviceI'd like to run an OpenID serviceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-57742463105250268822007-12-21T01:04:00.000-08:002007-12-21T01:04:00.000-08:00@Felipe:Expanding the index from Wikipedia's pages...@Felipe:<BR/>Expanding the index from Wikipedia's pages to the entire web is an important problem, but Powerset tries to refine the algorithms using Wikipedia, one of the most important source of facts.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://labs.powerset.com/discussions/643" REL="nofollow">Two answers from Powersetters</A>:<BR/><BR/>"Resources and time, basically. It takes a lot of hardware and a lot of time to index the whole web (and keep it up to date). We're focusing on Wikepedia as our corpus in our growing phase since it allows us to build up an index more rapidly while still including information on a wide swath of topics." (Ian Collins)<BR/><BR/>"I'd also like to add that Wikipedia has a few other advantages for our roll-out testing: It is a very popular reference website, so people can find Wikipedia search actually useful, and it is a large but relatively static source, which makes indexing a bit more manageable than, say, cnn.com." (Eitan Frachtenberg)Alex Chituhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-26864704234546887872007-12-20T20:24:00.000-08:002007-12-20T20:24:00.000-08:00At Matt Cutts query>>Source of the google's Onebox...At Matt Cutts query>><BR/><BR/>Source of the google's Onebox result for "How many states are in the United States?" is not coming from Wikipedia and the fact that powerset is indexing only the wikipedia domain could be a reason for not showing the relevant results.Srinathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029888271919694786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-65950642986093047172007-12-20T20:20:00.000-08:002007-12-20T20:20:00.000-08:00http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Who+are+the+found...http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Who+are+the+founders+of+yahoo gives me better results<BR/><BR/>Yellow colored snippets from powerset<BR/>1. founders David Filo <BR/>2. founder Larry Lessig to call<BR/>3. Founders Jerry Yang and David Filo selected the name because they considered themselves yahoos.Srinathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029888271919694786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-74530501817437479382007-12-20T20:16:00.000-08:002007-12-20T20:16:00.000-08:00Who are the founders of yahoo?Who are the founders of yahoo?Srinathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029888271919694786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-75417247696566546022007-12-20T19:43:00.000-08:002007-12-20T19:43:00.000-08:00Who was the last president of United States?Indexi...Who was the last president of United States?<BR/><BR/>Indexing only Wikipedia will never show its real power or its real flaws.Felipe Hummelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14684146956029437992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-89274628158553455512007-12-20T18:41:00.000-08:002007-12-20T18:41:00.000-08:00What Nobel Prize winners were born in Russia?What Nobel Prize winners were born in Russia?mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10283069481551600612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-23233509797264051352007-12-20T18:04:00.000-08:002007-12-20T18:04:00.000-08:00How many states are in the united states?How many states are in the united states?Matt Cuttshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526072281417654587noreply@blogger.com