Semantic+Search+Engines

The semantic web is described as: "a web that allows software agents to carry out sophisticated tasks for users, making meaningful connections between bits of information" (Anderson, 2010, p.2).
 * Go to one of the following websites: evri; [] -or- haika; [] -or- freebase; [] If you have a different semantic web site that you are familiar with you are free to use that search engine. Run a search on the new semantic search engine, then run the same search on your regular search engine (bing, google, yahoo, etc…). Compare your results from these two searches and try to identify the benefits, if any, of the semantic web search engine(s). Which one gives you more information on the topic you are interested in? Can you tell the difference from the publisher-oriented aspect (normal search engine) and the viewer-oriented aspect (semantic search engine)? ||

Nancy Evril vs Goole I liked Evril for an specific searches. I guess that's the point. Google expands the search and includes related items to the search. For Morales...................... ......instance, I typed the word TAKS in Avril and it just provided a type of blog whit TAKS only, while Google, even advertized a TAKS app for .........................................Android Smartphone.
 * SEMANTIC WEB ||
 * Expert || Semantic Web Pages || Comaprative Results ||
 * John Turner || Evri & Yahoo || 7-veiwer results compared to 2-viewer results from yahoo.Evri offered continuous streams and extra options to expand your search, such as concept maps. I was easy to read about one topic continuous by following the stream that was provided. Yahoo provided viewer content, you have to look under the video and blog tabs provdied by yahoo for more viewer-oriented content. ||
 * Jason Powell || Wolfram Alpha & Google, Apple Siri || A 'computational knowledge engine', attempts to contextualize your search query into a useful gape of information. Wolfram Alpha provided a loan calculator page when queried for 'interest on a #30,000 loan'. Google provided 11M hits. Alpha is able to provide useful pages and is able to work with the user to parse particular phrases. One example was the search for 'apples vs oranges' where the following qulifiers were provided: apple as a food, apple as a dried food, type of apple, type of orange,,, Google, in comparison, provided an endless list of we pages with the phrase 'apples vs oranges'. Apple Siri is the new personal assistant for its new iOS5 which connects to similar searche engines as Wolfram Alpha. ||
 * James West || Evri & Google || Evri provided several options to narrow the search, which was helpful as a use. Evri also gave results based on time, providing the most recent post first eliminating getting a post that is more than a few years old. A comparative search on Google provided 654M results with no suggestion or tools provided to narrow your search. Results from the Google results varied in content and time of posting. These search engine will become more useful in the future as they develop. ||
 * Jacob Dankasa || Bin, Google, Yahoo || Haven't been too impressed with experience from Bing. Am partial to Google and have used Yahoo primarily as a new source - however this is becoming less of a new source media for personal use. Comparative searches between Google and Yahoo have not resulted in impressive results, for either. Looking forward to trying semantic search engines for new experience and benefit to learning. ||
 * Kimberly Creel || Bing, Yahoo, Google || No too fond of Bing based on past experiences. Typically use Yahoo for entertainment and Google as main search engine. Will try Wolfram Alpha for educational purposes. ||