Menemencioglu, OguzhanOrak, Ilhami Muharrem2024-09-292024-09-2920151947-85341947-8542https://doi.org/10.4018/ijmdem.2015010104https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14619/7530Semantic web works on producing machine readable data and aims to deal with large amount of data. The most important tool to access the data which exist in web is the search engine. Traditional search engines are insufficient in the face of the amount of data that consists in the existing web pages. Semantic search engines are extensions to traditional engines and overcome the difficulties faced by them. This paper summarizes semantic web, concept of traditional and semantic search engines and infrastructure. Also semantic search approaches are detailed. A summary of the literature is provided by touching on the trends. In this respect, type of applications and the areas worked for are considered. Based on the data for two different years, trend on these points are analyzed and impacts of changes are discussed. It shows that evaluation on the semantic web continues and new applications and areas are also emerging. Multimedia retrieval is a newly scope of semantic. Hence, multimedia retrieval approaches are discussed. Text and multimedia retrieval is analyzed within semantic search.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessAutomatic Multimedia AnnotationMultimedia RetrievalSearch EngineSemantic SearchSemantic WebSemantic Web TrendsText RetrievalArticle10.4018/ijmdem.2015010104741546WOS:000384550800004N/A