New Search engine to challenge google? A9 from Amazon

jmke · 15th September 2004, 16:15

It looks pretty good and fast too!

http://a9.com/madshrimps

"As Amazon's search service A9.com officially goes live today after being in beta for months, it's receiving rave reviews. A Business 2.0 story penned by John Battelle says A9 has raised the bar for innovation in search. Paying heed to John Battelle's statement that Google and everyone else involved in search are going to be watching A9, BusinessWeek asks: Can Amazon Go Beyond Google? And the NY Times reports that A9 is insanely powerful (story linked above), relying on a quote from - you guessed it - John Battelle. The NYT notes that Battelle is the organizer of the upcoming Web 2.0 conference, but doesn't mention that his conference's keynoters include A9 CEO Udi Manber, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Amazon Board Member John Doerr, Amazon's Wall Street Cheerleader Mary Meeker, and Amazon subsidiary Alexa's Brewster Kahle."

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/15/1259242

jmke · 15th September 2004, 16:30

it also has its own toolbar, very much like Google

15th September 2004, 16:15	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,010	New Search engine to challenge google? A9 from Amazon It looks pretty good and fast too! http://a9.com/madshrimps "As Amazon's search service A9.com officially goes live today after being in beta for months, it's receiving rave reviews. A Business 2.0 story penned by John Battelle says A9 has raised the bar for innovation in search. Paying heed to John Battelle's statement that Google and everyone else involved in search are going to be watching A9, BusinessWeek asks: Can Amazon Go Beyond Google? And the NY Times reports that A9 is insanely powerful (story linked above), relying on a quote from - you guessed it - John Battelle. The NYT notes that Battelle is the organizer of the upcoming Web 2.0 conference, but doesn't mention that his conference's keynoters include A9 CEO Udi Manber, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Amazon Board Member John Doerr, Amazon's Wall Street Cheerleader Mary Meeker, and Amazon subsidiary Alexa's Brewster Kahle." http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/15/1259242 __________________

15th September 2004, 16:30	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,010	it also has its own toolbar, very much like Google __________________

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