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Lexxe, the next Google?
Source: Professional Search Engine Review of Canada (DSI. Le carnet des sites de recherche, Canada)
Website: http://www.dsi-info.ca/moteurs-de-recherche/2005/10/lexxe-le-prochain-google.html
Reporter: Marc Duval
Translator: Michelle Little
Date: October 11th, 2005
Lexxe, the next Google? -- Lexxe, a 3rd generation search engine, is superior to Google. If you ask a question in English, Lexxe will answer you. Here are some questions: who is Pâris? what is the capital of France? what is the lymphone? what is the highest mountain?
The answer depends on the way a question is asked. For example, the question "how old is Google" gets the answer "five years old". But when asked "how many is Google?", the answer is "It is 7th birthday".
Lexxe is developed in 2003 by Mr. Hong Liang Qiao, an Australian of Chinese origin, specialized in Computational Linguistics. The new search engine is able to recognize different types of sentences, anaylyze syntax and disambiguate word senses in context. It also understands users intention through questions and key words. As a result, the search results are more accurate, reliable and satisfactory. But the answers depends on the content of the webpages and their occurances. According to Mr. Qiao, to get the better answers, the questions have to be less than 10 words.
Source: A search engine that answers questions: Lexxe News, Oct. 6th.
Afterthought: Mr. Rupert Murdoch, the Australian media magnate, has revealed on the web his interest in purchasing several Internet companies. Rumours have been circulated about buying Blinkx and Skype. The newcomer Australian Lexxe could be his interest for acquisition.
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