The semantic web is inspiring interest by Fujitsu Ireland and local scientists who are forming a research alliance. Since the semantic web is a collaborative movement led by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the inclusion of semantic content in web pages seems a natural fit. Computer World UK brought this information to our attention in their article, “Ireland and Fujitsu aim to cash in on semantic web.”
It is a bird, it is a plane, no wait, it is a bird. A hummingbird to be exact. Google has released a new search algorithm designed to be more precise and provide faster query results, the algorithm is based on semantic search, focusing on user intent versus individual search terms.
Mindbreeze has received the much sought after KMWorld Award for their semantic search product, Mindbreeze InSite, for the sixth time.
Search has been morphing with regard to how you approach it, use it, and refer to it for some time now. Enter search engine optimization efforts and the focus or goal of search changed. Then came semantic search, which has changed the game even more. This interesting topic came from Forbes in their article, “Search Is Dead… Long Live Search!”
A recent study by Stone Temple Consulting on whether or not Google + shares alone can affect search engine rank. This seems a little precise for a study, but they took three websites and had two unique pages of applicable content published on each. One was a control page and one was a test page. Next , they had Google+ influencers share the page, as well as a handful of other participants who were instructed to only share the page, not visit or link to it in any other way.
Infolinx System Solutions was chosen by the District of Columbia Department of Human Resources (DCHR) for their enterprise physical records management software. This recently completed the installation is an upgrade to manage approximately 35,000 active employee records.
As you may or may not know, Russia’s new anti-piracy law continues to be reviewed and tested. The amendments to the controversial law have just passed their first reading. But what has everyone holding their breath is the intention to expand the legislation to address search engine results. Google and Russia’s leading search engine Yandex are extremely concerned by the proposals.
What exactly is a virtual repository of metadata? The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), launched with a set of linked, accessible, digital materials from libraries, archives, and museums around the country. Their tag line is “A Wealth of Knowledge.”
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and Gale, part of Cengage Learning, have agreed to make Gale databases and archives discoverable through EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS).