Named entities or related terms are examples of typed information that can be found by applying linguistic tools to a corpus of sources. This typed information can be used to further categorize articles, enrich Netvibes faceted exploration. 

Named entities are words or phrases matching three types of specific data:

• proper nouns (for example, people, places, organizations, events),
* most salient terms can then be displayed and used to refine search query

For example, some commonly used named entities include:

• People: Barack Obama, Madonna

• Locations: Paris, Trafalgar Square, Czech Republic

• Events: 2012 Olympic Games