90di.com launches natural language search for travel
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008We have just released text based search on our website. In this feature you can submit your search query in simple text and you will be shown relevant search results. So it is no longer necessary to fill in a detailed search form and submit. You can quickly type in a few words and search your route/fare. This feature is aimed at giving our users the flexibility to search more targeted and filtered routes (And also aimed for people who hate using mouse). To illustrate this let us see some examples of how this can be used:
Normal search: A normal search query can look like
Now you can have more targeted search strings as
Bangalore To Delhi on 28th October by train
Or
Or instead you can write
Or
People more familiar and comfortable with airport and station codes can search like,
You can even just type
Or if you just want to check the schedule of a train you can search by typing train name or number like,
Or just the train or flight number,
There are many more ways you can construct your query and I am sure you will find this by giving it a try. And as always we will eagerly wait for your suggestion/feedback about this feature.
Incidentally this feature release coincides with the 1st anniversary of 90DI website release.