On Oct 30, 2006, at 6:26 AM, Kevin wrote:
Hi,
Is it possible to automatically search for synonyms related to a
word in a search engine for example if I create a search engine and
search for the word 'Horse', it would automatically search for
other words such as 'Pony' etc?
It is possible: http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.html
Has anyone had any experience on how this would be implemented?
I haven't done it, but it seems straight forward. Start with one
word, query a database for it's synonyms, and then use the resulting
words (including the original word) in the final search query. It
just seems like it would take a lot of work to create a database of
words and their synonyms. You'll also need to add weight and sort
the results so that your initial keyword scores higher. Honestly, if
I were you, I'd run this question by the MySQL mailing list. PHP
just works with the results of the search, so you still end up having
to figure out how to do this in MySQL (or whatever database you're
using). Another thing that might help is to Google keywords like
"synonym search programming technique". I had to sort through the
results, but it did look like there were a few interesting articles.
Here's one of them: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/
UserExperience/Conceptual/SearchKitConcepts/searchKit_basics/
chapter_2_section_2.html
-Ed
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