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hakia: semantic search of credible sites
Semantic search engine Hakia announced a major redesign of its site today, including the addition of ‘credible sites’ to its search index. In order to create this index of trustworthy sites, Hakia is asking volunteers to submit credible, peer reviewed sources. Credible sites are currently limited to health and environmental topics, but Hakia is planning to expand this quickly. By adding these credible sources, Hakia wants to go beyond ‘10 blue links’ and give its users an alternative to popularity driven approaches like Google’s PageRank.
In order to create this index of credible and trustworthy sites, Hakia is relying on volunteers. Hakia is specifically recruiting librarians, though it seems anybody can sign up, which could potentially leave the site open to spammers.
