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I think the question for Powerset now is how quickly they can make their technology apply to other websites. My guess it they choose wikipedia because the html is fairly tame...it's much easier to semantically parse wikipedia than it is the wild wild west that is html formatting on the web.

If this is the case, then they might be in trouble. They built up too much hype to just be a search tool for wikipedia. If they can upgrade their technology and search much more of the web then we'll have a better idea. For right now? Meh.




The problem is, they've been indexing Wikipedia for a long time now -- at least a year.

Is this the best they have to offer after all that time? I hope not.


Its funny when I think a site like about.com have as much if not more page than wikipedia. What a financial blunder!




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