Summary
How are Embeddings Affecting Traditional Text Search? An informal explanation of lexical, semantic, and hybrid search for text documents. How are Embedings Affected Traditional Text search? An Informal explanation of Lexical, Semantic, and Hybrid Search for text Documents.
If you combine traditional lexical search with modern semantic search, you can better ensure search results will cover gaps. Vespa is a strong leader in this area while Lucene based engines such as Elastic and OpenSearch are close on their heels. Traditional search and BM25 aren't going anywhere.
