Web Search--Teoma Web Search--Ask Jeeves Ask Jeeves Acquires Teoma
From the press release, "Ask Jeeves, Inc., a leading provider of natural language question answering and search technologies, today announced it has acquired privately held Teoma Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of next generation Web search technologies. The acquisition will enable Ask Jeeves(R) to provide one of the most advanced search technologies on the Web. Started by scientists at Rutgers University, Teoma has been hailed in recent months by industry experts as "the next big thing in search engines" and described as "running rings around" other search engines. Terms of the deal were not disclosed." Ask Jeeves CEO Skip Battle said, "We are confident this investment will allow us to reach new audience segments while increasing the frequency and use from current customers, all of which will increase our revenue opportunities." ..."The search algorithms that Teoma has developed are among the most advanced in the market," said Steve Berkowitz, president of Ask Jeeves Web Properties. "Over the coming months we will integrate Teoma�s technology into our sites while focusing on advancing the technology through such efforts as increasing the size of their search database." Direct to Teoma Direct to Ask Jeeves
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