Re: Vertical search [was Re: geo-coordinates in Solvent]

From: David Huynh <dfhuynh_at_csail.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 08:06:49 -0500

As far as I know, we didn't set out to focus on any particular vertical
space. However, you can potentially customize our software for a
vertical space. You could consider our Longwell 1.x demo here as such a
customization:
    http://simile.mit.edu/longwell/demo/tr/longwell

David


ilango gurusamy wrote:

> Hi
> I think the following links explain what "vertical search" means. I
> thought it was a better way to explain it.
>
> http://www.eleganthack.com/archives/the_future_of_vertical_search.php
>
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1869592,00.asp
>
> Basically a vertical search engine is also called a topical search
> engine, which would enable us to look for pages or links in a specific
> domain.
>
>
> ilango
>
> */David Huynh <dfhuynh_at_csail.mit.edu>/* wrote:
>
> What did you mean by vertical search?
>
> David
>
> ilango wrote:
>
> > Hi everybody
> > I was interested in studying this fascinating application from
> MIT. I
> > was wondering if Simile is like a vertical search engine. Or does
> > Simile also possess vertical search capabilities.
> >
> > I am a newbie to this subject, and I beg to be pardoned for
> asking a
> > naive question.
> >
> > thanks
> > ilango
>
>
>
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Received on Thu Jan 05 2006 - 13:04:41 EST

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