Archive for March, 2007

Looking out into New York Harbor from our terrace on the 33rd floor, one can see the Statue of Liberty stoically at her perch on Liberty Island just off to the right. The Staten Island Ferries quietly come and go, mingling with the sailboats and other vessels in the bay. Waves gently curl against the southern tip of Manhattan, and the trees, slowly coming into bloom, bristle in the breeze down in Battery Park.

We have just relocated here from our old Tribeca locale, winding down along the Canyon of Heroes to 39 Broadway, in the heart of Manhattan’s bustling Financial District. It is a vibrant area, just around the corner from the rather well-known New York Stock Exchange, and we have barely broken stride, still working hard toward bringing the meaning of your internet search to the next level.

We’ve got a lot of things going now that we’re cozy and situated from the move. Just unveiled are the hakia-Lab pages, where our R&D Team has shared a few precious secrets as we further implement the Ontological Semantics systems (OntoSem). There, you’ll also find out more information to give you an inkling of what we’re doing with our QDEXing and SemanticRank. You can see by their faces that, while we’re all very serious about what we do here, the R&D Team is more than just lab coats and goggles…

New York City is considered the Capital of the World: the Financial District is the financial capital of the city, and we here at hakia are striving to be a beacon of search reliability. Stay tuned for more updates on what’s going on in and around the neighborhood, as we further settle in to our new digs.

“We had light blog postings” is an understatement to describe our blog activity in March.

We had a lot going on at hakia headquarters. For starters, we moved to our new office last week. We left behind our lovely loft-like space in Tribeca to make our new home in the Financial District. The view from our terrace is killer!

The hakia band has been busy producing the second volume of the “Sound of the Web (a.k.a. Search Music).” We listened to some of the new songs at the hakia Search Music gig at the Knitting Factory. It is good stuff. Stay tuned for more on this. If you would like to get invited to upcoming Knitting Factory shows to listen to hakia Search Music, please drop us an email (info@hakia.com).

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Last but certainly not least, we have pushed updates to the hakia BETA search engine. You may have already noticed some of the additions and improvements. We will tell you more in upcoming postings. Stay tuned…

College students, hakia wants to hear from you! You can contribute to give the new meaning-based search engine, hakia, even more meaning. We love feedback.

Join the “hakia Beta squad!”

Here is how it works:

• Go to www.hakia.com and test the search engine.
• Give us feedback at http://survey.hakia.com (see link on homepage) by filling out the survey.
• Answer question 8 by entering “hakia Beta Squad” which automatically enters you in a drawing to win a $100 iTunes gift card. There will be 50 winners every month.
• Be sure to enter your name, school name and email information in question 9.
• The program will run from March 1st- to June 30th, 2007. Drawings will be held on the first day of the month starting on April 1st.

Hope you join our Beta squad! Happy searching at hakia!

Legal disclaimer: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Drawing Entry Ends: June 30, 2007, 11:59 PM EST. You must be a registered college student to be eligible to win. Sponsor: hakia, Inc.

For Official Rules, visit: http://data.hakia.com/hakia_Beta_Squad_Sweepstakes_Rules.pdf