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Lexxe - Question answering engine

Lexxe claims that it is the “World’s first and only search engine that offers short, exact answers directly from webpages” and that it is “powered by advanced natural language technology”.  Well, I can certainly say that Lexxe was not the first, as that was the unique selling aspect of askJeeves (they were not the first either - I have to find out who was…) and they most certainly are not the “only” one who attempts to deliver.

Errr…  I tried several different queries and was not impressed.  This is a difficult task - no doubt, but they are not there yet.  Perhaps the technology would be better demonstrated with a niche to more fully show the potential.  A generic anything is always going to be less powerful than a niche-optimized technique.  Try it out and see what you think.