Well I think it’s really hard to compare a search engine to another base on what happened behind the curtain. Search engine technology is a really complex matte

Well I think it’s really hard to compare a search engine to another base on what happened behind the curtain. Search engine technology is a really complex matter. Any speculation done from the surface is probably a guessing game. I will agree though that Hakia seems to be much closer to what they promise to deliver that Powerset. Hakia may have a bit of semantic flavor but remain overall a poor search engine. I always wonder what Powerset is doing with all the money they have raised. I would felt terribly disappointed if I have given them my money. Building a search engine for Wikipedia (not even a good one) with all that money is a little short. I will take the opportunity here to express my reserve on semantic search. If semantic search is define as a search engines that answer questions, here are two reasons why I think it is not a very promising way for search: 1.It is hard for people in general to type an entire question, users are generally lazy and anything that makes them think is not potentially good. 2.The language factor. Though the web is mostly written in English it will be a challenge for these companies to implement a semantic search in every language. From English to French there’s a whole new world.