39% of Tech Blog Readers Say Web Search Needs to "Understand a Question the Way a Human Does" 24% say it must "bring highly relevant results with semantic precision" NEW YORK, NEW YORK, -- May 9, 2007 - A poll of 553 Web searchers who are readers of top-technology Web blogs reveal that Web search needs to improve. Sixty-three percent of the respondents revealed that search engines either do not understand questions the way a human does, nor get highly relevant results with semantic precision. The poll was conducted from April 1st to May 9th by hakia.com, a new meaning-based search engine. Poll results can be accessed at http://searchforbettersearch.hakia.com and are as follows: What do you think a search engine should do?    ·39% understand my question the way a human does. (213 votes)    ·24% bring highly relevant results with semantic precision. (134 votes)    ·9% give me more control of search options. (51 votes)    ·7% have user interface that is simple and powerful (38 votes)    ·6% learn my search behavior in a trusted environment. (34 votes)    ·5% allow me to participate to rank search results. (27 votes)    ·4% chat with me to help with my search. (23 votes)    ·3% provide personalization tools and agents. (18 votes)    ·3% none of the above! (15 votes) Total Votes: 553 Poll conducted by hakia www.hakia.com April 1-May 9, 2007 According to Melek Pulatkonak, president and COO of hakia, "These results reveal what's hot right now for web searches for presidential candidates. We have anticipated that most web searchers want information categorized for them when they conduct a broad, popular search on a subject like a presidential candidate. As a result, hakia results on Hillary Clinton and other top candidates, deliver categorized subjects like 'headlines; biography and timelines; and news and Interviews as examples.'." hakia organizes Presidential Candidate results in hakia Galleries™ with the following subject areas: Headlines The Official Websites Biography and Timelines Awards and Accomplishments Speeches and Quotes Photographs and Pictures Blogs and Fan Sites News and Interviews Myths and Controversies Criticism, Commentary, and Interpretations Resources, Archives, and Organizations Research and Statistics Contact Information Bibliography Filmography About The Poll The poll is part of a program created and envisioned by hakia entitled: "The Search For Better Search™." The poll and commentary was linked to the following sites: www.battellemedia.com; www.resourceshelf.com; www.gigaom.com; www.techcrunch.com; www.venturebeat.com; www.readwriteweb.com; and www.arstechnica.com. About hakia hakia has developed the Web's new meaning-based search engine, utilizing a radically new infrastructure designed to deliver the most relevant search results. Founded in 2004, the company is privately held and based in New York City. Go to http://www.hakia.com.