Science for SEO Interviews Dr. Dahlgren

CJ, who runs a blog called “Science for SEO,” sent over some great questions for Dr. Kathy Dahlgren, which she answered here.

Here’s a sample:

I’ve been playing with the Cognition search engine for a while now and also sent the link on to some colleagues of which my friend Dan who is a proper algorithm geek, like I am.  Dr Kathleen Dahlgren from Cognition answered some questions for us, here they are:

- How does cognition feel about personalised search?
Personalized search can be augmented when the search engine understands language and can automatically see relationships that are opaque to pattern-matchers.  For example, if a person is interested in rhythm and blues, they are also interested in R&B, and probably blues as well.  But not blues meaning a bad mood.  These subtleties are all handled by Cognition.

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