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“Now we are increasingly able to provide direct
answers -- even if you’re speaking your question
using Voice Search -- which makes it quicker,
easier and more natural to find what you’re looking
for.”
Google FORM 10-K for 2014 (For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2014)
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In each case we’re trying to get you direct
answers to your queries because it’s quicker
and less hassle than the ten blue links Google
used to show. This is especially important on
mobile where screens are smaller and typing is
harder.
Eric Schmidt - We built Google for users, not websites (September
6, 2014)
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In some implementations, the search
system may perform offline
processing of authoritative sources to
determine and store answers to
common clear-intent non-factual
questions.
~ Natural Language Search Results
for Intent Queries
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Natural Language Search Results
for Intent Queries
International Application
No WO/2014/197227
Published:11.12.2014
International Filing Date: 23.05.2014
Applicant: Google
Inventors: Tomer Shmiel, Dvir Keysar,
and Yonatan Erez
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•An Additional Chance to be in Search Results
•Being Seen as “authoritative” by being an answer
•An Answer is formatted differently than other
results; more likely to draw attention
Benefits of Being a Direct Answer
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•Tabular Data in 2 column tables, relational tables,
and colon-delimited lists
•Knowledge Bases such as Freebase, Wikipedia,
IMDB
•Query Stream Data used in an Ontology like
Biperpedia - Biperpedia: An Ontology for Search
Applications
Sources of Knowledge Graph Info