Move.com Named Premier Provider of Moving and Real Estate Information To Ask Jeeves
biz.yahoo.com
Move.com Content Accessible to More Than 12 Million Unique Users Through Ask Jeeves
SAN FRANCISCO, July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Move.com Group, operator of the move.com (www.move.com) relocation, real estate and home-related services portal, today announced the expansion of its marketing relationship with Ask Jeeves, Inc. (www.Ask.com), a leading provider of Web interaction solutions that humanize the online experience. In addition to advertising on the site, move.com is now a premier provider of moving and real estate-related information accessible through Ask.com.
Move.com, a portal launched by Cendant Corporation (NYSE: CD - news) in January, will leverage its extensive online and offline expertise to help expand Ask Jeeves' knowledge base to better serve its more than 12 million unique users. In addition, Ask.com users can access move.com's moving and real estate-related content in a designated move.com area, offering information about related topics on the Ask.com results page when a moving or home-related question is asked. Through this area, users will also have direct access to the move.com network of resources and services.
``This expanded alliance with Ask Jeeves represents an exciting new channel for move.com,'' said Sarah Nolan, CEO of the Move.com Group. ``Ask Jeeves' unique natural-language question answering service allows customers to obtain more accurate, detailed information on their specific inquiries. This user-friendly model complements move.com's dedication to helping customers with all their moving and home-related needs.''
About move.com
Move.com is Cendant Corporation's relocation, real estate and home-related services portal. It integrates and enhances the offline and online efforts of Cendant's CENTURY 21®, COLDWELL BANKER® and ERA® residential real estate brands; its Web sites including Rent Net, HouseNet, Senior Housing Net, CorporateHousing.Net, and SelfStorage.Net; and its other real estate business units including Cendant Mobility, Cendant Mortgage, National Home Connections, and Welcome Wagon. Move.com draws upon the capabilities and existing infrastructure of Cendant's lines of business and other selected partners to assist customers with virtually everything they need before, during and after their move. Built upon the success of Rent Net's online apartment guide business model, move.com has distribution agreements with Internet market leaders, including Alta Vista, About.com, Yahoo!, AOL, Excite, and Ask Jeeves. Move.com is headquartered in San Francisco, Calif.
SOURCE: Move.com Group |
