Researchers make web searches more intelligent

There is a need for better approaches to handle the huge amount of data on the rapidly growing number of Web pages. And offering search engines that are either more effective or that conduct new types of searches could mean considerable income for companies. Because of this, several businesses are exploring the use of artificial intelligence approaches such as natural-language processing (NLP) and statistical machine learning in Web searches. Besides making the technology more effective for use within a single body of knowledge, artificial intelligence would enable search engines to respond to natural-language queries rather than only keyword-based queries.