Posts Tagged ‘Search’
Meta What?
Meta tags are snippets of text that describe a page’s content. They won’t appear on the page itself, but only in the page’s code. Think about them as little content descriptors that help tell search engines what a web page is about. Meta tags or metadata has been around almost since the beginning of search engine…
Read MoreFeeling Lucky?
Today is Friday the 13th. It is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. The number 13 itself is considered unlucky in various aspects of culture. The fear of number 13 even has a scientific name: triskaidekaphobia. The superstition surrounding this day likely came from the Middle Ages, originating from the story of Jesus’ last supper and crucifixion in which there were 13…
Read MoreTaxonomies and Content Management
The content management and storage side of the media business is not without its challenges, and one of the greatest is to prove their need to exist. This interesting information came from an unlikely source in Sports Video and their article, “SCMS Forum: Metadata, Taxonomy Strategies Critical to Proving Value of Content Management.” One way…
Read MoreData Quality Impacts Sales and Service
The importance of data quality has not waned. There are obvious costs of poor quality data and some subtle hidden costs as well. This news came from DATAVERSITY in their article, “Hidden Costs of Poor Data Quality.” A few of the obvious costs are the need to manually configure downloads of data from source systems for…
Read MoreLost and Found
Finding something you have stored can be a challenge. No matter how diligent you were in naming and choosing the appropriate folder, it can be difficult and frustrating. At least with text, you can do a search. If you are searching for a stored photo or video, good luck. Forbes brought this information to us in…
Read MoreClassifying Taxonomies
“Classification” and “taxonomy” are two closely related words that some people find confusing. Both terms reflect the fact that we encounter large amounts of information in everyday life and our brains need some way to synthesize and contextualize that information. Concepts like classification and taxonomy help us make sense of the world by improving our…
Read MoreSemantic Search and AI
The development of artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing technologies are revolutionizing the way a search engine retrieves information. This interesting information came to us from Electronics 360 in their article, “AI, Natural Language Processing and Semantic Relationships are the Future of Search Engines.” Computer algorithms interpret the words a user types and the number…
Read MoreMetadata’s Important Role in Archiving
Archiving historical documents, including images is an important task. The Greater North Miami Historical Society had a collection of images that needed proper archiving so they can be appreciated for the stories they hold. This interesting news came to us from Florida International University News in their article, “Digital Collections Breathes New Life Into Old History.” Founded…
Read MoreAsking the Right Questions
Search results are only as good as the query itself. Users often use search keywords that are not recognized by semantic systems leading to no results. OnRec brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Actonomy to launch adaptive semantic search technology learning from the user behaviour.” A new technology is learning from user…
Read MoreGraph Databases Go to a New Level
Franz Inc. was an early innovator in artificial intelligence (AI) and a leading supplier of semantic graph database technology for Knowledge Graphs. So it is no surprise that they recently announced Gruff v7.0, Graph Visualization software for exploring and discovering connections within data. Dataconomy brought us this interesting information in their article, “Graph Visualization with a Time…
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