Accoona
Encyclopedia
Accoona was an internet
company having offices in Jersey City, New Jersey
and Shanghai, China. Their main product was a search engine
that claimed to use artificial intelligence
to better understand searches. On June 23, 2005, in the ABC Times Square studios, the AI Accoona Toolbar, driven by a Fritz
9 prototype, drew against the 33rd World Chess Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov
. In addition to traditional searches, it allows business profile searches, and its signature "SuperTarget" feature. Their exclusive partnership with China Daily
, a large Chinese
internet portal, was seen as a highly strategic move.
The CEO of Accoona is Valentine J. Zammit, formerly of 24/7 Real Media and Doubleclick.
After IPO problems, Accoona shuttered their doors on October 5, 2008 .
In October 2008 the web page said: "Dear Accoona search users, Due to an overwhelmingly competitive search market, Accoona.com and Accoona.cn will no longer be active. We thank you for your previous support. Sincerely, Accoona Management."
Accoona Domains and Search Facilities is acquired by Masterseek
B2B Search Engine on October 30, 2008
and Sohu
. They also formed a 20-year exclusive partnership with China Daily
. Through this partnership, with China Daily and its widespread Chinese affiliates, Accoona expects 10 million hits daily from the otherwise isolated Chinese user base.
Accoona signed a million dollar deal with FAST Search from Norway to help enhance their rankings.
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
company having offices in Jersey City, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
and Shanghai, China. Their main product was a search engine
Search engine
A search engine is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system. The search results are usually presented in a list and are commonly called hits. Search engines help to minimize the time required to find information and the amount of information...
that claimed to use artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
to better understand searches. On June 23, 2005, in the ABC Times Square studios, the AI Accoona Toolbar, driven by a Fritz
Fritz
Fritz originated as a German nickname for Friedrich, or Frederick , as well as for similar names including Fridolin...
9 prototype, drew against the 33rd World Chess Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Rustam Kasimdzhanov is an Uzbekistani chess Grandmaster, best known for winning the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004. He was born in Tashkent, in the former Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic...
. In addition to traditional searches, it allows business profile searches, and its signature "SuperTarget" feature. Their exclusive partnership with China Daily
China Daily
The China Daily is an English language daily newspaper published in the People's Republic of China.- Overview :China Daily was established in June 1981 and has the widest print circulation of any English-language newspaper in the country...
, a large Chinese
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
internet portal, was seen as a highly strategic move.
The CEO of Accoona is Valentine J. Zammit, formerly of 24/7 Real Media and Doubleclick.
After IPO problems, Accoona shuttered their doors on October 5, 2008 .
In October 2008 the web page said: "Dear Accoona search users, Due to an overwhelmingly competitive search market, Accoona.com and Accoona.cn will no longer be active. We thank you for your previous support. Sincerely, Accoona Management."
Accoona Domains and Search Facilities is acquired by Masterseek
Masterseek
Masterseek Corp. is a B2B search engine founded in Denmark in 1999. It currently hosts over 83 million worldwide company profiles from 75 countries, and business subscribers are given complete control over their corporate profiles...
B2B Search Engine on October 30, 2008
Partnerships
Accoona provides the search technology to the Chinese portals Sina.comSina.com
SINA is an online media company for China and Chinese communities around the world. SINA operates four major business lines: Sina Weibo, SINA Mobile, SINA Online, and SINA.net. SINA has over 100 million registered users worldwide...
and Sohu
Sohu
Sohu.com, Inc. is a search engine company headquartered in the Sohu.com Internet Plaza in Haidian District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China. This company and its subsidiaries offer advertising, a search engine, on-line multiplayer gaming and other services. For the fiscal year ended December...
. They also formed a 20-year exclusive partnership with China Daily
China Daily
The China Daily is an English language daily newspaper published in the People's Republic of China.- Overview :China Daily was established in June 1981 and has the widest print circulation of any English-language newspaper in the country...
. Through this partnership, with China Daily and its widespread Chinese affiliates, Accoona expects 10 million hits daily from the otherwise isolated Chinese user base.
Accoona signed a million dollar deal with FAST Search from Norway to help enhance their rankings.
Press
- Accoona received a lot of attention after selecting former President Bill ClintonBill ClintonWilliam Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
as a spokesperson on December 8, 2004. - Accoona also received significant coverage from the webmasterWebmasterA webmaster , also called a web architect, web developer, site author, or website administrator is a person responsible for maintaining one or many websites...
community after many forum sites were spammed with promotional Accoona entries. - Accoona was selected among the 50 Coolest Websites of year 2006 by Time Magazine
External links
- Accoona SuperTarget - Official site and search engine portal
- Accoona Europe
- Accoona China
- Bill Clinton Goes Searching from Business 2.0Business 2.0Business 2.0 was a monthly magazine publication founded by magazine entrepreneur Chris Anderson, Mark Gross, and journalist James Daly in order to chronicle the rise of the "New Economy"...
- December 8, 2004. - Accoona: Moving Up by Getting Low from Alexa InternetAlexa InternetAlexa Internet, Inc. is a California-based subsidiary company of Amazon.com that is known for its toolbar and Web site. Once installed, the toolbar collects data on browsing behavior which is transmitted to the Web site where it is stored and analyzed and is the basis for the company's Web traffic...
- March 30, 2005. - Play chess against the AI Accoona Toolbar online
- Accoona Business model is based on Pay per Lead , their platform is called www.exchangeplace.com