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The second of 7 ways to improve informational searches …

2. Explore the topic of your query with related topics and subtopics

Sometimes, the initial query you used might be ambiguous. For example, if you search for joe jackson, what did you really mean to search for? The musician, the baseball player or someone else? Your typical Web search engine results will be a mix of results you want and those that are irrelevant to you. Can you easily specify the right query corresponding to what you really meant to search for?

Try a search for joe jackson on Zakta, and you can see that it prompts you to pick from “Joe Jackson (musician) | Shoeless Joe Jackson | Joe Jackson, Sr. | …”

In this way, Zakta’s semantic disambiguation facility puts you in control of choosing what you really meant to search for, and get better quality information in the process.

When you are searching for information on a new topic, it takes extra time and effort in becoming familiar with the nature of information within that topic. Can you easily explore the subtopics or related topics corresponding to your search, from your search results page?

Try a search for jim crow laws on Zakta, and you can see that it prompts you to explore related topics like “Plessy v. Ferguson | Civil Rights Act of 1875 | Voting Rights Act | Civil Rights Act of 1964 » | Separate but equal | …“.

Zakta helps the exploration of a topic, by automatically suggesting semantically related topics and subtopics for you.