FEATURE/Expectant Mothers Turn to Mamma.com; Pregnancy-Related Queries are Top Keyword Searches On Leading Meta Search Engine.Business Editors/Lifestyle & High-Tech high-tech also hi-tech adj. Informal Of, relating to, or resembling high technology. high-tech Adjective same as hi-tech Adj. 1. Writers FEATURE... NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE FEATURES)--Aug. 22, 2000 Mamma.com, a leading Meta Search Engine, today announced the results of a recent survey of health-related terms commonly searched by visitors to their site. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the study, which examined keyword searches from January January: see month. to July July: see month. 2000, the word "baby", with 3336 searches (data compiled for July 2000), was clearly the favorite health term among Mamma.com users. "Pregnancy" followed closely with 2736 searches. The surge of interest in reproduction may be related to the popularity of another search term, "Viagra Viagra First oral drug for male impotence, generic name sildenafil. Before the FDA approved Viagra in 1998, impotence was treated with surgical implants, suppositories, pumps, and drugs injected into the penis. ," which ranked No. 6 on the list. Other terms in the Top 10 include nutrition, health insurance and weight loss. "We consistently monitor key word searches to gauge the interests of our users," commented Simone (language) Simone - A simulation language by A. Hoare et al. based on Pascal. ["Quasiparallel Programming", W.H. Kaubisch et al, Soft Prac & Exp 6:341-356 1976]. McKenzie, Manager of Product Excellence at Mamma.com. "Interestingly enough, the two top keyword searches "baby" and "pregnancy" seem to mirror the surge in birthrates, which continues to rise, especially among women in their thirties and forties in the U.S."
Mamma.com's Top 10
Health-Related Search Terms
Searches Key Word
3336 Baby
2736 Pregnancy
2620 Nutrition
1788 Health Insurance
1112 Drinking
1108 Viagra
864 Drugs
848 Food
812 Weight Loss
752 Medical
Data compiled by Mamma.com for July 2000
Mamma.com is the premiere provider of non-duplicated, relevance-ranked information and offers users a simple, efficient way to retrieve the most accurate information in the shortest amount of time from the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . Mamma's unique Meta Search capabilities allow users to search various search engines at the same time - "Why search one when you can search them all." Mamma.com also works with businesses through licensing agreements to power searches at other sites. About Mamma.com Mamma.com - The Mother of all Search Engines(TM), is the largest privately held Meta Search Engine and a leading provider of private label Meta Search Engines to prominent Internet web sites. Since its inception in 1996, the company has experienced explosive growth and currently boasts close to five million unique users and sixty million page views per month. The company's phenomenal success is largely attributable to the robust capabilities of its proprietary search technology. Mamma.com empowers end-users by quickly delivering comprehensive, relevant and non-duplicative search results. In 1999, Mamma.com joined forces with Intasys Corp. (Nasdaq:INTA INTA International Trademark Association INTA Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (National Institute of Agricultural Technology; Argentina) INTA Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aerospacial ), which purchased a 67.5% stake in the company. Mamma.com has offices in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and Montreal, Canada. For additional information, visit our web site at http://www.mamma.com or call 888/844-2372 (from the US only). |
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