Lack of adoption of the formal semantic Web does not mean that search is not getting better. There are several instances where semantics are being used to improve search.

缺乏对正式语义网络的采用，并不意味着搜索没有进步，已经有几个例子证明了语义学被用于改良搜索当中。

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Semantic search has the power to enhance traditional web search, but it will not replace it.

语义搜索拥有一种能够提高传统网页搜索体验的能力，但是它却起不到替代性的作用。

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Permissions: Read and search data from any open Semantic Web data source

权限：从任一开放语义 Web 数据源读取和搜索数据

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In a similar vein by starting to include the tags and descriptors defined by semantic web standards into its search index, web users suddenly have better reasons to use them.

BBC: NEWS | Technology | Yahoo makes semantic search shift

Dr Decker said the advent of the semantic web promised to make a search much more productive.

BBC: NEWS | Technology | Yahoo makes semantic search shift

Google also currently has some other semantic-search elements, such as the ability to assess what the web collectively thinks are the most significant items associated with certain keywords.

WSJ: Google Gives Search a Refresh