• WalMart Blasts Off with Polaris: Destination Semantic Search

    Updated: 2012-08-31 14:55:10
    I just read “WalMart Rolls out Semantic Search Engine, Sees Business Boost.” The semantic technology “not only helps users find items they want on its Web site, but also delivers results based on their interests and likely intent, the company said Thursday [August 30, 2012].” Let’s begin with an essay question. What is semantic search? [...]

  • Clearing Up or Adding to the SharePoint 2013 Rumor Mill

    Updated: 2012-08-31 05:11:20
    As rumors continue to fly regarding SharePoint 2013 it is hard to say at this point whether they are being dispelled or expounded.  ShareMuch is adding their two cents with a Screencast video specifically targeted at SharePoint search and FAST search.  Watch the full video, “Screencast: Clearing Some Rumors Around Sharepoint 2013 Search and FAST [...]

  • SEO Pro Emphasizes Content Quality

    Updated: 2012-08-31 05:08:58
    Desperate SEOs are constantly looking for a new angle. In Search Engine Journal’s “Content Confusion: Why Webmasters Fail—Time After Time,” Gregory Smith tries to convince his readers that it should be all about quality content instead of the latest ploy to game an algorithm. He begins: “I’ve discovered many Webmasters who have lost a lot [...]

  • Twitter Politics

    Updated: 2012-08-31 05:06:24
    Oh, goody, more predictive silliness. TechNewsWorld informs us, “Twindex Tracks Pols’ Twitter Temperatures.” Clever name, though it does make me think more about window cleaning than about politics. That’s ok; window cleaning is the more engaging subject. The full name of the metric is the Twitter Political Index, and it tracks tweeters’ daily thoughts about [...]

  • Wikipedia Studies Itself

    Updated: 2012-08-31 05:04:27
    We think studies about oneself are fascinating. TechEYE.net shares our enthusiasm in “Wikipedia is Accurate Says, er, Wikipedia Study.” Last autumn the Wikimedia Foundation tapped Epic, an “e-learning” company, and researchers at Oxford University to perform an assessment of Wikipedia’s accuracy. The results of the reflectively funded study? Wikipedia was found to be more accurate [...]

  • EntropySoft Offers SharePoint Users Aid

    Updated: 2012-08-31 05:02:34
    SharePoint is a big name in the semantics tech world, but unfortunately it is not a one-stop shop. For businesses who are trying to utilize SharePoint’s features, the not so savvy user might need to access the program information, making things complicated to say the least. The article, Search and Act in SharePoint explains how [...]

  • Google Updates the Portal from 1996: Info on Multiple Devices

    Updated: 2012-08-30 14:17:08
    The portal never really died. AOL and Yahoo have kept the 1990s “next big thing” despite the financial penalties the approach has imposed on stakeholders. There are other portals which are newer versions of the device which slices, dices, and chops. Examples I have looked at include: NewsIsFree, which delivers headlines, alerts, and allows me [...]

  • Amazon and Pinterest: Information or Disinformation

    Updated: 2012-08-30 10:15:04
    I found “Uh Oh! Amazon Researchers Say Pinterest Doesn’t Generate A Lot Of Sales” interesting. Why? When a major Web outfit does research which suggests another Web outfit is either good or bad, my radar pings. Is the article praising Pinterest or is the article criticizing Pinterest. I find survey data remarkably malleable. Information can [...]

  • Semantics and Facets in Mindbreeze InSite

    Updated: 2012-08-30 05:11:25
    Fabasoft Mindbreeze will not only meet your internal enterprise search needs, but can also meet external needs in terms of your public facing Web site.  Fabasoft Mindbreeze InSite can provide your users with intuitive search on your Web presence.  The Fabsoft Mindbreeze blog entry, “Semantics and Facets: Mindbreeze InSite Makes Your News Cosmos ‘Sexy,’” pays [...]

  • WAND Inc Makes Integration Plans with Nintex Workflow Official

    Updated: 2012-08-30 05:08:48
    Last week WAND, Inc announced its plans to integrate with Nintex Workflow. Wand, Inc is attributed to making search work better by the use of its various taxonomies and Nintex is the world’s leader in SharePoint Workflow. Separately they are powerhouses in their specific field and combined they seem to have a lot to offer [...]

  • ChungMinCheng

    Updated: 2012-08-23 03:11:03
    Information Retrieval Wiki : Search Login FrontPage RecentChanges FindPage HelpContents ChungMinCheng Immutable Page Show Changes Get Info More : Actions Show Raw Text Show Print View Delete Cache Attachments Check Spelling Show Like Pages Show Local Site Map Rename Page Delete Page ChungMinCheng Education Background University of Glasgow M.Sc in Information Technology , School of Computing Science , Scotland , UK Fu-Jen Catholic University B.BA in Information Management , College of Management , Taiwan Personal Details I am Chung-Min Cheng , from Taipei City , Taiwan . I was the master student in the University of Glasgow and conducted the project which supervised by Dr.Ounis and Dr.Macdonald during 2009 to 2010. My academic interests include software engineering , programming ,

  • New-style Python classes

    Updated: 2012-08-21 15:11:00
    With Python 2.2 a new type of classes, named new-style classes, was introduced. New-style classes add some convenient functionality to classic classes. New-style classes are recognized by having class object as base class.

  • Google's Visual Approach to Local Search

    Updated: 2012-08-16 04:25:30
    I very much like Google's visual presentation of certain answers to local search queries that involve regions of space. 'Pittsburgh' '98115' 'Fife'

  • Python caching decorators

    Updated: 2012-08-09 16:18:00
    Implementing a dynamic programming algorithm is made much easier in Python by using a caching/memorization decorator.

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