Google Added to Go2Net's MetaCrawler and Dogpile Metasearch Services
News January 13, 12:19 Eastern Time
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan 13, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Google, one of
the fastest growing search destination sites on the World Wide Web,
today announced that its Google search engine has been added to
Go2Net's (NASDAQ: GNET) MetaCrawler (http://www.metacrawler.com) and
Dogpile (http://www.dogpile.com), the Internet's two most popular
metasearch services.
MetaCrawler was developed in 1995 at the University of Washington and
in 1997 became part of the Go2Net Network. Go2Net acquired Dogpile in
August 1999. Both MetaCrawler and Dogpile simultaneously query the
databases of various leading web-based search sources to provide search
results. MetaCrawler was relaunched today, adding Google's search
capabilities while providing a new user interface and extending its
metasearch capabilities to the categories of music, auctions, and
international.
Google, recipient of PC Magazine's 1999 Technical Excellence award in
web applications, focuses exclusively on delivering highly relevant
search results. Through innovative advances in search technology,
Google helps its users find information on the web with unprecedented
levels of ease, speed, and accuracy. Google currently provides its
search services at www.google.com, and through a variety of customers
that license Google for web and site search functionality on their
sites.
"Google is a recognized leader in providing high-quality search results
and represents a significant addition to MetaCrawler and Dogpile," said
Oren Etzioni, Go2Net Chief Technology Officer. "As both services
continue to grow, Google's search capabilities will be beneficial to
our users."
"Our agreement with Go2Net expands Google's presence on the web as the
primary provider of highly relevant search results," said Larry Page,
Google CEO and co-founder. "Our collaboration, built on the strengths
of both Google and Go2Net, brings the benefits of Google to the
millions of MetaCrawler and Dogpile users."
Google, which was named to Time magazine's The Best Cybertech of 1999
list, recently announced that it ranked first overall for user
satisfaction and loyalty in a national online survey among 13 search
and portal sites. According to NPD Online Research, Google led all
sites in the quarterly competitive survey with 97 percent of its users
identifying Google as much or somewhat better than other sites; 95
percent of its users finding what they are searching for all or most of
the time; and eight in 10 users choosing Google because it delivers the
best search results. Among the 13 search and portal sites in the
survey, Google placed first in six of nine loyalty and satisfaction
categories. Google's remarkably strong debut performance in the
industrywide survey positions it as one of the highest regarded
destinations on the Internet today.
About Google, Inc.
Google, Inc. was founded in 1998 by Stanford University Ph.D.
candidates Larry Page and Sergey Brin to create a new generation of
powerful, scalable search engine products to improve the user
experience of searching the web. Based on four years of advanced
research in computer science, Google is dedicated to providing the best
user search experience by delivering a powerful, yet simple-to-use
format for finding the most relevant answers to search queries. Google
currently offers search solutions through its own destination site at
www.google.com. The company also offers co-branded web search and site
search solutions for information content providers.
Google, based in Mountain View, is privately held. Its funding partners
include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Partners. More
information about Google can be found on the company's website at
www.google.com.
Google is a play on the word googol, which was coined by Milton
Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner, to represent
the figure 1 followed by 100 zeroes. Google's use of the term reflects
the immense amount of information available on the web.
Note to Editors: Google is a trademark of Google, Inc. All other
company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies
with which they are associated.
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