Infospace Launches Next Generation Meta-Search Product
InfoSpace Launches Next Generation Meta-Search Product BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 2002-- As part of its continued leadership in meta-search, InfoSpace, Inc. (Nasdaq:INSP), a provider of wireless and Internet software and application services, today announced the launch of its next generation meta-search product. The new meta-search product can be accessed at both Excite (www.excite.com) and WebCrawler (www.webcrawler.com). InfoSpace's meta-search technology allows users to search multiple engines at once, returning comprehensive and highly relevant results fast. Designed to deliver the most applicable results at the right time, InfoSpace's next generation meta-search product is designed to identify the intent of a user's search. Because various search engines return better results for different types of queries, InfoSpace's proprietary meta-search algorithm sorts the results accordingly and then displays a blended mix of highly relevant commercial and non-commercial results for a given search. The new InfoSpace meta-search product at Excite.com and WebCrawler.com will include results from leading search companies and properties, including FAST, AltaVista, Overture, About, Ask Jeeves, FindWhat, LookSmart, Sprinks, Open Directory and Inktomi. "Today's launch demonstrates our commitment to bringing together the best search results from many of the leading search engines, editorial Web directories and pay-for-performance properties in one convenient location on the Web for Internet users," said York Baur, InfoSpace executive vice president, wireline and broadband. "Our meta-search technology uniquely positions us in the marketplace both from a product and business perspective as it is a winning proposition for the Excite and WebCrawler user, as well as our other search relationships, and for InfoSpace." InfoSpace purchased certain media assets, including the Excite.com and WebCrawler.com domain names, from Excite@Home late last year (Nov.
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