Vivisimo and Bitratings to Deliver First Clustered Search Service for Mobile Devices in Japan; New Service Focuses on Search Experience for Mobile Users.PITTSBURGH -- Vivisimo (Vivisimo.com), a leading provider of search software and expertise, today announced a partnership with Bitratings KK of Japan, a directory search portal provider, to deliver the world's first clustered search service for mobile devices. Consumers will be able to access the new mobile search site in one click from the keyword search menu on KDDI phones or navigate (1) "Surfing the Web." To move from page to page on the Web. (2) To move through the menu structure in a software application. to it by typing in the URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. for the site on handsets offered by other carriers. Traditionally, Japanese consumers searching on mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. sites select search categories from a previously compiled list--keyword searching is difficult and hard to understand. Users have to scroll To continuously move forward, backward or sideways through the text and images on screen or within a window. Scrolling implies continuous and smooth movement, a line, character or pixel at a time, as if the data were on a paper scroll being rolled behind the screen. See auto scroll. through multiple pages of search results to find information, a cumbersome cum·ber·some adj. 1. Difficult to handle because of weight or bulk. See Synonyms at heavy. 2. Troublesome or onerous. cum process that prevents many consumers from attempting to perform searches via their mobile devices. Leveraging its experience in the mobile market, Bitratings has developed a new mobile search service that offers keyword searching and combines precise page crawling and advanced page ranking The priority given to the placement of a link on the results page of a Web search. Google became famous for its page ranking system, which is based on how many other sites on the Web link to a site. See Google bomb, Google and social bookmarking. with results that are neatly organized into topical folders using Vivisimo's technology. Vivisimo and Bitratings worked together to jointly customize software for use with mobile phones where the size of the screen is limited. With the new service, consumers using their mobile devices to search the Internet will be able to easily navigate results and find information quickly. "By offering consumers a search engine enhanced by dynamic clustering of results, mobile users will be able to find the information they're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. in less time, with less frustration and despite the fact that they are searching the vastness of the Internet on small device screens," said Takashi Sato, president of Bitratings. "Our hope is that by providing this functionality, we will help increase adoption of mobile search and spur ongoing innovation in mobile technology." "Delivering a superior user experience is at the very core of Vivisimo's approach to search, regardless of the interface used," said Raul Valdes-Perez, 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. and co-founder of Vivisimo. "We anticipate that savvy Japanese consumers will find the Bitratings search experience an enormous improvement over the existing services available from other providers." The clustered search service for mobile devices will be sold in Japan by Groupnet Corporation, a Vivisimo reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. , and offered through OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and deals both in Japan and abroad. About Bitratings Founded in 2003, Bitratings Co., Ltd. specializes in media and information aggregation, information provision, marketing and sales promotion exclusively for mobile phones. With its expertise and understanding of the nature of being mobile, Bitratings currently operates a popular mobile portal site Noun 1. portal site - a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet; "a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc. , F*ROUTE, offering diverse services such as mobile search, RSS (Really Simple Syndication) A syndication format that was developed by Netscape in 1999 and became very popular for aggregating updates to blogs and the news sites. RSS has also stood for "Rich Site Summary" and "RDF Site Summary. reader functionality and blog search for all 3 major mobile carriers in Japan. The site attracts 100 million page views per month and has attained 1.1 million uniquely-identified users per month. Utilizing its overwhelming ability to attract mobile users, Bitratings aims to evolve into portal platform services. Clients of Bitratings include Japanese mobile carriers and many other major players in Japanese mobile market. Please visit: http://www.bitratings.co.jp/ (Japanese) for more information. About Groupnet Corporation Groupnet Corporation was established in February 2006 and is headquartered in Tokyo Japan. Having established Artsoft, which develops and markets call centre software, the former CEO of Lotus Japan, Saburo Kikuchi, went on to fund and head up Groupnet Corporation, which is focused on providing the latest technologies in the area of internet and enterprise search. Vivisimo appointed Groupnet as a Platinum Reseller in Japan in March 2006 and is working closely with the team to introduce the Velocity enterprise search platform to the Japanese marketplace. About Vivisimo, Inc. Vivisimo does search right by combining the simplicity and innovation of consumer search with the flexibility and control of enterprise software. The company works with customers to understand their goals and quickly deploy solutions that maximize the business value of information--with an interface users love. Vivisimo serves its global client base through headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA, and Paris, France, and partners throughout the world. Please visit Vivismo.com to learn more. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion