Internet Search Engine

European Experts Launch Internet Search Engine Quaero

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 12, 2006 - 3:48am.

Paris - According to a report by the Associated Press (AP), a group of experts in France and Germany has launched a new Internet search engine called Quaero that is being touted as Europe's answer to Google. Although Quaero is still composed of only a small number of researchers in laboratories across France and Germany, the group told AP their aim was to build the world's most advanced multimedia search engine. Designers also said that Quaero, which means "to search" in Latin, would be not just a search engine, but "a set of tools for translating, identifying and indexing images, sound and text". Corporate and academic partners on the project include Thomson, Deutsche Telekom, Bertin Technologies and the University of Karlsruhe.

tags: Europe | Quaero | Internet Search Engine |

Google Adds Book Texts to Internet Search Engine

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 7, 2004 - 2:48am.

Mountain View, Calif. -- Google has launched a new service that allows publishers to include the entire texts of their books in the company's search index. The service encourages publishers to send in books, which will then be scanned by Google and uploaded into the index; publishers also have the option to limit the number of available pages to as few as 20%. Users of the service will not be able to copy or print book pages. Publishers including McGraw-Hill, Penguin and Houghton Mifflin are initially indexing some of their titles on Google. The new Google service launches in the wake of a new free service from Amazon.com, "Search Inside the Book," which lets publishers index some of the actual pages from their titles for Amazon users to browse.

tags: Google | Internet Search Engine | Book Texts |

Amazon.com Unit A9 Launches Internet Search Engine

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 15, 2004 - 4:25am.

Seattle -- Online retailer Amazon.com on Wednesday announced that its A9.com subsidiary has officially launched its Internet search engine that allows users to store and organize their search results. A9.com offers search results culled from a range of sources, including Google, Amazon.com's book text search service, the Internet Movie Database and GuruNet.com. Users must register on the site to be able to store their search results. Amazon's A9 launches just as partner and rival Google made its IPO, and Microsoft is set to debut its own search engine technology. "A9.com gives people an incredible amount of power to discover information from diverse and comprehensive data sources and to manage that information effectively and easily," said Amazon.com CEO and founder Jeff Bezos. "The search landscape is evolving at such a rapid pace that we must continue working hard to build innovative technologies that offer a great user experience."

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