Ask Jeeves Selects DealTime to Enhance Online Shopping Experience for Its 16 Million Users.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2002 Ask Jeeves Noun 1. Ask Jeeves - a widely used search engine accepting plain English questions or phrases or terms trademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product (R) Adds Shopping Search Functionality to Ask.com Ask.com, is an Internet search engine. It is also the company name of the division of IAC Search & Media, founded in 1996 by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen in Berkeley, California. The original software was implemented by Gary Chevsky from his own design. DealTime(R), the leading shopping search engine, today announced it has partnered with Ask Jeeves Web Properties, a division of Ask Jeeves, Inc., to provide Ask Jeeves' 16 million monthly unique users with access to shopping search tools on its flagship search site, www.Ask.com. DealTime's search technology will work with Ask Jeeves' natural language search engine to provide time-saving comparison shopping and access to millions of products through hundreds of merchants. The combination of Ask Jeeves' natural language capabilities and DealTime's comprehensive search algorithms In computer science, a search algorithm, broadly speaking, is an algorithm that takes a problem as input and returns a solution to the problem, usually after evaluating a number of possible solutions. - which associate millions of shopping-related keywords with highly relevant categories, brands, product families, models and stores - allows Ask Jeeves users to quickly search for and find the products they need at the prices they want. Now, when consumers ask shopping-related questions such as "Where can I compare prices on digital cameras?" Ask Jeeves will offer them DealTime's search results. "DealTime's leading shopping technology will allow us to create a more efficient and satisfying shopping experience for our users," said Steve Berkowitz, president of Ask Jeeves Web Properties. "People turn to Ask Jeeves for everyday answers for a variety of topics including shopping. DealTime's shopping search engine provides our users with the information they need to make informed online purchases." "Our agreement with Ask Jeeves allows us to extend our superior shopping search service to their loyal user base, exposing our extensive merchant network to a valuable new audience," said Dan Ciporin, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of DealTime. About DealTime(R) DealTime is the world's leading online shopping search engine, reaching millions of shoppers worldwide every month. Through its Web sites, dealtime.com(R) and dealtime.co.uk and other network sites (including AltaVista, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. and Lycos), shoppers compare products, prices and stores across the Web. For merchants and manufacturers, DealTime delivers qualified, in-market buyers and lower customer-acquisition costs. For traffic aggregators (1) An organization that combines traffic such as telephone calls or data services from a variety of companies or individuals to obtain a bulk rate. Hotels, hospitals and payphone providers are examples. See also content aggregator. , portals and other partner sites, DealTime provides a powerful search engine and superior shopping tools that enable them to more easily monetize Monetize 1. To convert into money. 2. To convert from securities into currency that can be used to purchase goods and services. Notes: For example, you'll often hear Internet marketers talk about "monetizing website visitors. their traffic. For consumers, DealTime supplies product information and an easy way to find the right product at the best price. DealTime Ltd. is a multi-national private company, venture-backed by key strategic and financial partners including Bertelsmann, AOL TimeWarner, Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. , Bain Capital Bain Capital LLC is a Boston, Massachusetts-based private equity firm founded in 1984 by Mitt Romney, the former Governor of Massachusetts, and two other partners from the consulting firm Bain & Company: T. Coleman Andrews III and Eric Kriss. , Nomura International, Singapore Telecom, and others. DealTime, DealTime.com and the DealTime logo are registered trademarks of DealTime Ltd. About Ask Jeeves Web Properties Through patented, award-winning search technology and unique natural-language capabilities, Ask Jeeves Web Properties provide consumers a simple and fast way to find relevant answers to their everyday questions. The Ask Jeeves Keyword Network, the Company's advertising services network, provides advertisers with innovative, targeted and effective tools for reaching a broad base of highly valuable customers. Ask Jeeves delivers its search technologies and services through its own Web sites at Ask.com, AJKids.com and Teoma.com. Ask Jeeves Web Properties also syndicates technologies to portals, infomediaries, and content and destination sites to help companies increase e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. and advertising revenue through powerful search. Ask Jeeves and Ask.com are registered trademarks of Ask Jeeves, Inc. Ask Jeeves for Kids and Teoma are service marks and trademarks of Ask Jeeves, Inc. Other marks may be the property of their respective owners. |
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