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Search Engine hakia Asks Librarians to Suggest Credible Websites
Semantic search engine hakia (www.hakia.com) announced an open call to librarians and information professionals to participate in a new program to unlock credible and free web resources to web searchers. Currently, hakia is generating credibility-stamped results for health and medical searches. Now, hakia is aiming to further its coverage to all topics, with the participation of librarians and information professionals. A popular web source may not always be credible, and a credible web source may not always be popular. hakia says it is the first search engine to channel the collective knowledge of librarians and information professionals to generate credibility-stamped results using semantic technology. Other general search engines rely mostly on the popularity of keywords and webpages. For an example of what a credibility-stamped search looks like on hakia, try a search for: What causes heart disease? Librarians and information professionals can suggest URLs leading to the most credible websites on a given topic. hakia will process the sites with its proprietary QDEX (Query Detection and Extraction) technology and make them available to web searchers in credibility-stamped search results. Each month hakia will give away thank you prizes, ranging from a book donation to two conference grants, to participants. To learn more or suggest credible websites, visit http://club.hakia.com/lib. Source: hakia
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