hakia Announces update of its BETA Search Engine NEW YORK, NEW YORK, -- September 24, 2007 - hakia.com, the Web's new meaning-based search engine, announced today an update of its BETA search engine (version 16) as part of the hakia's step-by-step development plan. The highlight of this update is the increased level of automation in hakia gallery generation. hakia's gallery concept is the first in the market where a given query produces categorized search results covering meaningful aspects of the topic under investigation. hakia galleries cover a wide range of subjects from medicine to travel, and are triggered by nearly 1 million popular query terms. The coverage is continuously increasing. With this update, the users of hakia will see hot-links in gallery pages which connect to other gallery pages. For example, the gallery for "hillary clinton" displays hot-links to other galleries such as "United States Senate" and "mother Teresa" as these terms appear in the page. The increased level of connectivity among the galleries will provide users better search experience. According to Dr. Riza C. Berkan, the CEO of hakia, "hakia gallery concept is the most advanced form of handling popular queries today. Our semantic technology is also advancing to handle complex and unpopular queries, which are known as long-tail queries. With both corners of the spectrum covered, the users will experience the full benefits of our semantic search technology in the near future." 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.