Hakia

{{short description|Former Internet search engine}}

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hakia was an Internet search engine. Launched in March 2004 and based in New York City, hakia attempted to pioneer a semantic search engine in contrast to keyword search engines that were established at that time. The search engine ceased operations in 2014. Since 2015 the domain has been owned by HughesNet.

Hakia was founded by Rıza Can Berkan and Pentti Kouri{{cn|date=July 2021}}

The company invented QDEXing technology, an infrastructure to indexing that uses "SemanticRank" algorithm, using ontological semantics, fuzzy logic, computational linguistics, and mathematics.{{Cite journal|last=O'Leary|first=Mick|date=2010-06-01|title=Hakia Gets Serious with Semantic Search|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-228172745.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717184049/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-228172745.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-07-17|journal=Information Today|quote=hakia's search interface is a single search panel with no on-screen search prompts and no advanced search options. Terms, phrases, and even lengthy text sections can be searched. However, there is no bound phrase searching.}}{{Cite journal|last=Castelluccio|first=Michael|date=2008-07-01|title=Looking Elsewhere|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-181385315.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717184043/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-181385315.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-07-17|journal=Strategic Finance}} In 2008, hakia added several sub-categories for search engine hits, such as "credible sites" for information by trusted websites, "news", "images" and "meet others", a feature that let users find forums and groups for related search items.{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2008/10/06/semantic-search-engine-hakia-now-says-it-can-filter-results-by-how-credible-they-are/|title=Semantic Search Engine Hakia Now Says It Can Filter Results By How Credible They Are|last=Schonfeld|first=Eric|date=October 6, 2008|work=TechCrunch|access-date=2018-07-17|language=en-US}}