Accoona unveils One-Click for ALLSearch

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2006-12-11 08:42

Jersey City, NJ -- Accoona (www.accoona.com), a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence Search Technology, unveiled on Monday its latest breakthrough in Internet Search -- one click for all search.

Accoona Chairman Eckhard Pfeiffer announced the company's launching of its "One-click for ALLSearch" technology, at the United Nations Friday evening, in the presence of Secretary General Kofi Annan and former US President Bill Clinton.

Accoona's "One-click for ALLSearch" is the fusion of Web, Business and News results into one clean and easy to use interface. This unique search technology features the ability to refine and expand News, Business, and Web results in one interface, with the additional layering of Accoona's Artificial Intelligence Search and SuperTargeting features.

"Accoona's One-Click for ALLSearch is our latest innovation in Search Technology," commented company Chairman Eckhard Pfeiffer. "Accoona delivers web-search tools that heighten the results process; pointing exactly to what users are looking for, and, at the same time serving the global business community with unique, free to use search tools." 

Pfeiffer also announced the creation of the Accoona Technology Leadership Award, which will be presented to a United Nations journalist who demonstrates the use of web based technologies in the most unique manner - all with the sole purpose of increasing speed, efficiency and accuracy in reporting and researching global news stories.

The new Accoona ALLSearch Results Page displays an elegant Integration of News, Business, and Web results in one clean-looking interface. The default display returns Top News Results, Top Business Results, and Web Results allowing the user to expand or refine each collection, while remembering the settings for the user's view as he or she browses subsequent results pages. The "More Results" feature goes deeper into the News, Business and Web collections, while viewing all the results contained therein, and leverages all of Accoona's Search offerings, such as SuperTarget Your Search, in the single collection interface. Related Results grant users the ability to find other results similar to each individual result within the user's query, for News and Business Profiles.

Accoona's Business Search features a "Map It" link, allowing users to go directly to an enhanced Business Profile page based on Accoona's Database of 43 Million Companies. The Maps Feature allows users to receive map information on company location, and utilize the Map feature with a Zoom function from 0.5 mile radius to 48 mile radius. Additional corporate information, such as Business Lines, allows users to obtain more information about how a company functions and the Corporate Structure feature allows users to see exactly where a particular company lies in relation to its parent and/or subsidiary companies. "Business Similar" displays the 10 closest related businesses to the current business, in descending order of distance. Users can also sort by relevance and specific business line with the easy to use buttons and drop down menus.

SuperTarget Your Search allows Accoona users to navigate through millions of results using sorting and filtering tools. "Refine Your Search" allows users to highlight a key term within their query, "Geo Target Your Search" allows users to narrow their results to show only those results within a certain geographic criteria, "Relevant Company" allows users to view only those results relevant to a particular company, "People Search" allows users to view only those results related to a certain person, "Language" allows users to view only those results written in a particular language and "Publisher" allows users to view results from a particular webpage.

Accoona.com is a search engine with interactive tools that provides users with better web, business and news results; powered by proprietary Artificial Intelligence technology.

The name Accoona is derived from the Swahili phrase, Hakuna Matata, which means "don't worry be happy." Accoona CEO Stuart Kauder says, "The company name was chosen specifically with the end user in mind. Our goal is to make our users happy by helping them find relevant results to their queries."

Founded in February 2004, Accoona Corp., a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence (AI) search technology, unveiled the Accoona Search Engine in the United States and China in December 2004; and launched Accoona.EU in 2006. The company is taking the competitive search engine sector to the next level, leveraging its advanced search technologies, experienced executives, and strong relations with China - the second largest online population in the world - and soon to be the world's largest.


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