Google announced yesterday that they have purchased Metaweb, which is a company that organizes data on the web through entity, though the sum was undisclosed.
With Metaweb in their team, it could add some intelligence to Google’s search engine algorithm but they are getting more than that.
Google had also mentioned their interest in one of Metaweb’s products, Freebase. Freebase considers themselves as an entity graph of places, things and people that is a more social and organized Wikipedia. This is a great addition to Google’s Knol.
Along with the addition to their ideas of search, Google is also excited about the possibilities of Freebase, a free and open database of over 12 million movies, books, celebrities, companies, location and lot more.
Both Google and Metaweb has planned to maintain Freebase as a free and open database. As a matter of fact, they both plan to add and further develop Freebase for better and will encourage other web companies to use and contribute to the data. By improving Freebase, it will be a great resource to make the web richer and a better place for both web masters and users.
With Metaweb in their team, it could add some intelligence to Google’s search engine algorithm but they are getting more than that.
Google had also mentioned their interest in one of Metaweb’s products, Freebase. Freebase considers themselves as an entity graph of places, things and people that is a more social and organized Wikipedia. This is a great addition to Google’s Knol.
Along with the addition to their ideas of search, Google is also excited about the possibilities of Freebase, a free and open database of over 12 million movies, books, celebrities, companies, location and lot more.
Both Google and Metaweb has planned to maintain Freebase as a free and open database. As a matter of fact, they both plan to add and further develop Freebase for better and will encourage other web companies to use and contribute to the data. By improving Freebase, it will be a great resource to make the web richer and a better place for both web masters and users.
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