Ask Jeeves Introduces Zoom and Web Answers
New Products Help Searchers Find More Relevant Search Results
Faster
OAKLAND, Calif., May 26, 2005 -- Ask Jeeves, Inc. (ASKJ) today
introduced two new search products on Ask Jeeves(R) (www.ask.com),
which increase relevance and guide users to find the information
they need faster: "Zoom," a next-generation related-search tool
that gives users suggestions to narrow or expand their searches;
and "Web Answers," which provides direct answers harvested in real
time from the billions of Web pages in the Ask Jeeves index.
"Today's launches significantly advance the cause of some of our
most popular search features," said Jim Lanzone, senior vice
president of search properties. "Zoom and Web Answers are not bells
and whistles; they are important innovations on some of our core
search technologies, which will help our users find what they need
faster than with other search
engines."
Laptop Battery Zoom and Web Answers are immediately available on Ask
Jeeves.
About Ask Jeeves, Inc. Ask Jeeves, Inc. wide search, providing consumers with authoritative and fast ways to find relevant information to their everyday searches. Ask Jeeves deploys its search technologies on Ask Jeeves (Ask.com and Ask.co.uk), Teoma.com, and Ask Jeeves for Kids (AJKids.com). In addition to its Web sites, party web sites. Ask Jeeves is based in Emeryville, California, with offices in New York, Boston, New Jersey, Los Angeles, London and Dublin.
Thinkpad Zoom: Concept Navigation
EMERYVILLE, Calif., Dec 15, - Ask Jeeves(R), Inc. (ASKJ), a leading provider of information retrieval brands, today introduced a beta desktop search application. Fast, relevant, and flexible, Ask Jeeves Desktop Search(TM) makes it easy for people to find information on their computers or the Internet.
Microsoft Zoom is a new concept navigation tool that offers suggestions to
narrow and refine your search ("zooming in"), or expand your search
("zooming out") to explore new ideas. It can even identify specific
names related to your original search. Zoom is visually represented
on the Ask Jeeves results page with suggestions that are
categorized on the right side of the page into Narrow Your Search,
Expand Your Search and Related Names.
" centric approach to search beyond the Web, to the information located on people's computers, " said Jim Lanzone, senior vice president of search properties at Ask Jeeves. " introduced MyJeeves(TM) personal search service and is an important step in our personalization strategy. We look forward to receiving feedback on the beta release, as we continue to develop the product in line with people's needs."
Laptop Computers Zoom takes advantage of, and builds on, the unique clustering
ability of the company's Teoma search technology, which breaks the
Web into topic communities. Zoom examines the relationships between
these communities to identify and present conceptually-related
topics to the searcher.
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Laptop Computer For example, with the query "Beatles," zooming in with Narrow
Your Search returns "Beatles Lyrics," "Beatles History," "Beatles
and Biographies" and "Beatles Wallpaper." Alternatively, by zooming
out with Expand Your Search, suggestions include "Rolling Stones,"
"Led Zeppelin," "Beach Boys," "Woodstock," and even "1960's" to
help users clarify what they are looking for. Meanwhile, Related
Names is able to isolate "John Lennon," "Ringo Starr," "Paul
McCartney" and "George Harrison" as relevant suggestions.
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Desktop Computer Thanks to the Teoma methodology, Zoom is able to identify
concepts, and thereby recommend conceptually-related suggestions
that would not be available from current clustering
technologies.
Notebooks "Searchers don't want to spend time to formulate and enter
involved search terms. As a result, queries are frequently short or
ambiguous," said Daniel Read, vice president of product management
at Ask Jeeves. "Zoom brings recommended queries to the
user-suggestions that allow searches to be refined, or associated
topics explored, with a click of a button. Zoom guides users to
exactly what they are looking for fast."
Lenovo Try:
-- "Raleigh"
-- "prozac"
-- "pink floyd"
-- "hot air balloon"
-- "brooklyn bridge"
-- "Beatles"
Hard Drive Web Answers: Direct Answers from Billions of Web
Pages
Travelstar Ask Jeeves helped pioneer the concept of directly answering
users' search queries with its Smart Search technology, which mines
structured data for direct answers. Web Answers extends Ask Jeeves'
direct-answering abilities by mining unstructured data in real
time. The new capability increases relevance by finding answers
hidden within regular Web pages. Thus, the potential sources for
direct answers now include the billions of pages in the Ask Jeeves
search index.
Gateway "Web Answers allows Ask Jeeves to answer far more queries than
would be possible using editors or structured databases," continued
Read. "By mining unstructured Web data, we can tap the billions of
pages in our index for answers."
Laptop Parts Web Answers is uniquely presented to the user as the top
organic search result on the Ask
Jeeves results page. The result is labeled as a "Web Answer," and
the "answer" is highlighted in context within the snippit or
description of the Web page. A user can then link through to the
site to view the source. When multiple answers are found, users are
able to view an expanded list of answers, as defined by the Web
at-large.
Software In user testing, Ask Jeeves found that Web Answers improved the
click-through rate on the top search result by over 200%.
Hard Drives Web Answers is triggered by questions, phrases or keywords.
Try:
Electronics -- "who was the leader of the pilgrims"
-- "Deadliest snake"
-- "who invented television"
-- "largest lake in the world"
-- "what is data mining"
Canon About Ask Jeeves, Inc.
Desktop Pc As the 6th largest global web property (ComScore Media Metrix,
March 2005), Ask Jeeves Inc. delivers world-class information
retrieval products through a diverse portfolio of Web sites,
portals and downloadable applications. Ask Jeeves' search and
search-based portal brands include: Ask Jeeves (Ask.com, Ask.co.uk
and es.Ask.com), the Ask Jeeves Japan joint venture (Ask.jp), Ask
Jeeves for Kids (AJKids.com), Bloglines (bloglines.com), Excite
(excite.com), iWon (iwon.com), My Way (myway.com) and Fun Web
Products (funwebproducts.com). Additionally, Ask Jeeves owns the
differentiated search technology Teoma, as well as
natural language processing, portal
and ad- serving technologies. Ask Jeeves generates revenue from
advertisers seeking to reach the company's broad-based online
audience. Founded in 1996, Ask Jeeves has been a publicly traded
company on the Nasdaq National Market since July 1999. Its
headquarters are located in Oakland, California, with offices
throughout the United States, as well as in Europe and Asia. For
more information, visit http://www.Ask.com or call
510-985-7400.
Desktop Computers Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking
Statements
Think Pad This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. All statements regarding the future are forward-looking
statements, including the prediction that Zoom and Web Answers will
help our users find what they need faster than with other search
engines. The forward-looking statements in this press release are
subject to numerous assumptions, risks and other uncertainties and
are based on limited information available to Ask Jeeves at this
time, which is subject to change. Ask Jeeves' actual results in the
future may differ materially from management's current
expectations. Although management's expectations and the
information known or available to management may change after the
date of this release, Ask Jeeves undertakes no obligation to revise
or update the guidance or other statements made above. The lack of
any revision or update is not meant to imply continued affirmation
of guidance or other forward-looking statements. Factors that might
cause or contribute to actual results differing from
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to the
risks described under the caption "Risk Factors" in Ask Jeeves most
recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in subsequent filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Repair NOTE: Ask Jeeves, AJinteractive, Ask.com, Teoma, MyJeeves, My
Way, iWon, Excite and Bloglines are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Ask Jeeves, Inc.
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