Beyond keywords: Automated question answering on the web
Communications of the ACM, 51 (9):
60-65 (2008)Abstract
Since the typical computer user spends half an
hour a day searching the Web through Google and
other search portals, it is not surprising that Google
and other sellers of online advertising have surpassed
the revenue of their non-online competitors, including
radio and TV networks. The success of Google stock,
as well as the stock of other search-portal companies,
has prompted investors and IT practitioners alike to
want to know what’s next in the search world.
The July 2005 acquisition of AskJeeves (now known
as Ask.com) by InterActiveCorp for a surprisingly high
price of $2.3 billion may point to some possible
