Mamma.com Launches Advanced Functionalities: Metasearch Engine Provides Powerful New Tools for Users to Search the Web Faster and More Efficiently.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2004 Mamma.com Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MAMA). Mamma.com, The Mother Of All Search Engines(R), announced today that it has enhanced its power search and applied search math functionality to the engine in an effort to supply more powerful search tools for its users. Mamma.com now supports search math, a form of advanced operators used to refine a query with quotations, plus and minus signs This article is about mathematical symbols. For the banking network, see PLUS. For the student loan, see PLUS loan. For the record label, see Minus (record label). For the comic, see Minus (comic). . Specifically, quotations ensure exact phrase matches are returned, and plus/minus signs ensure search terms are included or excluded from the results, respectively. Additional features applied to the power search include: 1) Customization of the description length of results 2) Query term highlighting (keywords typed into the search box will be found and highlighted in the results) 3) Customization of the number of results per page (users can select the number of results they would like to see on a results page) 4) Both the option to open results in a new window and query refinement remain available on the power search page. The user interface of the power search page was also updated to create a better user experience. The page was re-designed to help clarify search preferences, and make overall navigation easier. Similarly, the result pages produced by the power search have undergone an update and have been optimized to load faster. "Our engine's support of search math and the launch of the enhanced power search symbolizes our strategy to push the current standard for metasearch," remarked President 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. , Guy Faure. "Mamma.com is one of the best metasearch engines The search engine software that is used to search other search engines. See metasearch site. on the web, and this puts us in a position to innovate in·no·vate v. in·no·vat·ed, in·no·vat·ing, in·no·vates v.tr. To begin or introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time. v.intr. To begin or introduce something new. and re-define the metasearch experience. We are aiming at improving the effectiveness of information retrieval information retrieval Recovery of information, especially in a database stored in a computer. Two main approaches are matching words in the query against the database index (keyword searching) and traversing the database using hypertext or hypermedia links. on the Internet and today's news earmarks the start of our campaign." About Mamma.com Inc. Mamma.com Inc. is focused on providing first-rate quality information retrieval on the Internet through its metasearch engine and is a leading provider of integrated marketing solutions to online advertisers. Mamma.com The Mother of All Search Engines(R) is one of the most popular metasearch engines on the Internet, as it makes it easier and faster for people to find information by gathering the most relevant results from the best search engines on the Internet. The Company is equally focused on being one of the leading providers of integrated marketing solutions to online advertisers. Mamma.com maintains a large search and ad network on which it distributes search and graphical ad units for its advertisers. The Company has just concluded negotiation of the asset sale of its wholly owned subsidiaries Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. comprising Intasys Billing Technologies, which provide global wireless Internet-compatible billing and customer care information systems. The Company also holds minority interests in analog integrated circuit integrated circuit (IC), electronic circuit built on a semiconductor substrate, usually one of single-crystal silicon. The circuit, often called a chip, is packaged in a hermetically sealed case or a nonhermetic plastic capsule, with leads extending from it for products, and in the new media and telecommunications sectors. Statements contained in this press release, which are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that can cause actual results to differ materially from estimated results. Such risks and uncertainties are detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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