It should be mentioned that this move towards approximate search also gives strong indication of how little demand for real "smart search" there is in the search field.
Alta Vista years ago had full logical search but Google beat them with simpler searches having greater relevance. Google's searches are now moving towards even less specificity. How much could greater language understanding help this?
How many people want to go to the trouble of writing out a full sentence to specify exactly what they want? How much is it worth accommodating them? etc
Alta Vista years ago had full logical search but Google beat them with simpler searches having greater relevance. Google's searches are now moving towards even less specificity. How much could greater language understanding help this?
How many people want to go to the trouble of writing out a full sentence to specify exactly what they want? How much is it worth accommodating them? etc