Question #1

• What are the challenges to efficient and effective knowledge discovery on the Web? Can these be overcome? If so, how?

• Today’s search engines are plagued by problems:
  • the abundance problem (99% of info of no interest to 99% of people)
  • limited coverage of the Web (internet sources hidden behind search interfaces)
  • limited query interface based on keyword-oriented search
  • limited customization to individual users

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