Orlando, Florida - (Website Hosting Directory) - October 22, 2008 - Search engine, Vivisimo, has introduced a new Conceptual Search with Velocity 7.0 solution, designed for new user interface to improve discovery and personalization.
Jerome Pesenti, Chief Scientist and Co-founder, Vivisimo noted, ''Conceptual search advances users' ability to discover the information they need to be more productive and to work more economically. The optimal approach leverages users' intent -- do they want to broaden a query for research or narrow their search to enhance findability? Vivisimo's Velocity Search Platform 7.0 helps enterprise search deliver more relevant results by providing new tools that enhance personalization of the search process.''
New tools are designed to leverage the user's intent and intelligence to improve search results A high-resolution example of the new Velocity 7.0 conceptual search user interface can be downloaded via the website.
The Velocity Search Platform 7.0. advances conceptual search with a new interface that gives users explicit control to fine tune queries and personalize search to meet their information goals. When searching, users typically have one of two goals in mind -- they need a specific piece of information or they are carrying out research and want as much information as possible related to their query. Typical search implementations dealt with these scenarios by tuning results for better precision or broader recall -- but have not allowed users to choose between them at query time.
Velocity 7.0 introduces a new, more personalized way of searching with conceptual search. Unlike solutions that apply a one-size-fits-all approach to relevancy, Velocity's conceptual search empowers users to identify their search goal upfront. Velocity 7.0 gives users the option to increase precision to search for particular documents or increase recall to find all related information, making more explicit the relationships between related data.
With the new interface, users also see exactly how they are modifying their search. By making the process of modifying searches more transparent, and giving more control over that process to users, Velocity 7.0 helps produce better, more satisfying results. Other implementations that hide the search modification process behind an 'engine-knows-best' facade produce less relevant results and more frustrated users. In Velocity 7.0, users can expand queries using automatically-created related concepts derived from a combination of Vivisimo's industry-leading clustering methods and enhanced heuristics. In addition, thesauri and ontologies can be incorporated to refine or expand queries using synonyms and broader or narrower terms.
Key new developments in 7.0 include: -- Conceptual search empowers users to personalize the intent of their task -- to expand or refine their search -- using a new, easy-to-use search interface -- Velocity 7.0 leverages the enterprise's work to create thesauri and ontologies, providing employees with an easy way to use them in improving discovery of desired information -- IT configuration is web-based, allowing administrators to easily define default settings.
Vivisimo provides enterprises with innovative search solutions that allow end-users to find and take advantage of all appropriate and available information, regardless of source, location or type. Vivisimo's innovative technology, including social search tools that enable collaboration throughout the enterprise, is delivered with a focus on end-user satisfaction and on application control through easy-to-use interfaces, flexible security management and a modern architecture that enables quick deployment. Vivisimo products are available for standalone search applications or as OEM versions embedded within partner applications and solutions. Vivisimo serves its global clients from headquarters in Pittsburgh, USA, and through partners around the world.
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News: Web Hosting Facility for Sales & Marketing Technologies, Opens in Tampa
Orlando, Florida - (Website Hosting Directory) - October 21, 2008 - Web hosting, design and Internet services firm, Orlando, Florida headquartered Sales and Marketing Technologies, has opened a new full-service office, in the Tampa region, to be headed up by Mark Redmond.
SMT is a privately owned firm with clients throughout Central Florida, the United States, Canada, South America and the United Kingdom. Our specialty is Internet Marketing. We are proud to say our in-house team of web designers, programmers, and Internet marketers have been delivering online success since 1995. Clients include: Kennedy Space Center, Florida Hospital, Gallagher Promotional Products, Corona Cigar Company, and Miami Children's Hospital.
Dave Larson, President of SMT noted, ''SMT is excited to have a local office serving Tampa. We already have a fair number of clients in the area. We are looking forward to becoming a real part of the Tampa business community.''
Sales and Marketing Technologies' Tampa office is located at:
4511 N Hines Avenue, Suite 200, Tampa, Florida 33614,
Phone: (831) 449-4444
SMT is a privately owned firm with clients in the United States, Canada, South America and the United Kingdom. We are proud to say our in-house team of web designers, programmers, and Internet marketers have been delivering online success since 1995.
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News: Search Engine Provider, Develops New Local Retail, Products, Services Focus
Cincinnati, Ohio - (Website Hosting Directory) - October 21, 2008 - Search engine, YourCity.MD has developed a new approach, reflecting local focus, retail shift and new relief center links to health information with list of professionals, products and services.
Joe Benza, Founder and CEO of YourCity.MD noted, ''We understand that consumers are interested in accurate and timely online health information, and our One-Click Relief Center is the only engine that links medical information to local resources, doctors and products to help patients get immediate help without the need for further searching. We also give local and regional healthcare providers and retail clinics a way to reach consumers seeking their services.''
At the very moment a consumer needs to make a healthcare decision, the One-Click Relief Center matches medical information with a listing of local doctors and specialists who can treat their symptom/concern/condition, along with doctor ratings and a listing of locally-available services and products.
For example, a young parent searching for information on influenza on Cincinnati.MD, would not only receive a listing of flu information, but local Cincinnati pediatricians (listed in order of patient ratings) and local flu resources, such as nearby flu shot clinics and products.
In response to three major developments in healthcare - consumer-directed healthcare, online health resources and retail health clinics - YourCity.MD's One-Click Relief Center search engine delivers a one-click search and find feature so that every consumer, no matter where they live, can instantly get the same quality health information and access to local and regional healthcare resources and providers.
Dr. Michael Barber, Chief Medical Officer at YourCity.MD offered, ''We've seen doctor ratings take off, but that has been happening in a vacuum. Some analysts have described our search engine as it finds a doctor on steroids' since we link up the search for health information to specific local doctors and then, with the same search, give consumers a look at patient feedback on those same doctors.''
Mr. Benza added, ''Our new, unprecedented medical search engine further strengthens YourCity.MD's local and regional healthcare business model, bringing value to local media partners and businesses who want to reach online healthcare consumers that seek health and wellness services in their specific city, state or regional markets. We not only own the best real estate corners on the Internet, but are just starting to build the first healthcare skyscrapers in those spaces.''
Founded on the principle that healthcare is and should be local, YourCity.MD LLC is healthcare's trusted local navigation system, helping consumers in over 500 cities and states find medical content and information that points them directly to the appropriate local healthcare resource or local provider to solve a medical problem. Easy to find with its city-specific domain names with the .MD extension, YourCity.MD helps consumers immediately translate medical content into actionable information.
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News: GoDaddy Web Hosting Firm, Celebrates New Drug Company Legislation
Scottsdale, Arizona - (Website Hosting Directory) - October 20, 2008 - Web hosting domain registrar, GoDaddy, is celebrating new bi-partisan legislation that provides Go Daddy and other web companies much needed tools to take illegitimate Internet pharmacies offline.
Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of Go Daddy noted, ''Go Daddy helped shape this legislation because we needed the tools to shut down unscrupulous online pharmacies. Prescription drug abuse among teenagers is at epidemic proportions. Now we can help by shutting down companies that sell dangerous, illegal drugs on the web.''
The legislation is aimed at stopping rogue pharmacies from operating online and helping to prevent the purchase of drugs without a valid prescription through the Internet.
The new law requires online pharmacies to comply with state laws in which they do business, as well as publicly display its compliance and registration with the Drug Enforcement Administration. This allows federal agencies to provide Go Daddy and other Web companies a list of legally-approved pharmacies. With this information, Web companies can more quickly spot illegitimate pharmacies that often target teenagers. Also, web-based pharmacies can dispense controlled substances only if they have a valid prescription. Patients must also have been examined at least once by a healthcare provider.
Last year, Go Daddy's 24/7 Abuse Department suspended more than 1,300 different Web sites tied to rogue pharmacies. This year, without the new law, Go Daddy was on pace to see that number increase by nearly tenfold.
Earlier this year, Go Daddy General Counsel Christine Jones testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security about how quickly illegitimate pharmacies are proliferating on the Internet and the important role lawmakers have in stopping the rampant drug problem online.
U.S. Congressman Bart Stupak (D-MI), the bill's lead sponsor, and Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-CA) have commended Go Daddy for its support of this legislation, both in Committee and on the House floor.
The original bill was named after Ryan Haight, a California teenager who died after overdosing on Vicodin which he obtained on the Internet. Go Daddy has supported ''The Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act'' since its inception.
Go Daddy is the planet's largest domain name registrar, registering, renewing or transferring a domain name about once every second of every day. Go Daddy is more than three times the size of its closest competitor. Go Daddy is also the largest hosting provider in North America and is the second largest SSL Certificate provider in the world.
In 2008, Go Daddy has helped disadvantaged children, Parkinson's research, domestic violence victims, homeless teenagers, flood victims and now abandoned pets, which might otherwise have to be euthanized.
In a typical year, the Arizona Humane Society shelters nearly 50,000 animals. The annual telethon not only raises much needed money for these animals, but also provides educational programs, including how to better care for your pet, fight animal cruelty and adopt a pet.
The Go Daddy Group, Inc. has more than 28 million domain names under management. Go Daddy registers, renews or transfers a domain name every second. GoDaddy.com is the world's No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also the largest paid hosting provider in the world, according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2007, The Go Daddy Group registered more than one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz and .mobi.
GoDaddy.com has also been honored by various industry organizations and publications as Best Registrar and Best Hosting Company already this year. In 2007, Go Daddy was named Arizona's Most Innovative Company and Business Leader of the Year.
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News: Search Engine, Blog and Social Media Marketing Event, Scheduled at Microsoft
Boston, Massachusetts - (Website Hosting Directory) - October 20, 2008 - The New England Direct Marketing Association has scheduled a seminar called ''Search Engine, Blog and Social Media Marketing: Accessing the Critical Moment and Joining the Customer Conversation.''
Harry Gold, online marketing expert and founder and CEO of Overdrive Interactive, will lead the event at the Microsoft Facility in Waltham, Mass., on November 21 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Mr. Gold offered, ''We know that search engines have become the #1 resource that consumers and businesses use to find and research products and solutions. No other point of consumer contact has the same ability to access this critical moment when your target audience is seeking exactly what you are selling. When leveraged along with blogs and social media, there is an unprecedented opportunity for businesses to actually join the conversation with consumers and make lasting connections with them by weaving their content and messages into the social web.''
This seminar will focus on the statistics, strategies, tactics and benefits of paid search marketing, search engine optimization, politically correct blog outreach and social media marketing. It will reveal the strategies and tactics of deploying and maintaining profitable search marketing programs, creating a strong presence in blogs and how to deploy a robust and lasting social media channel. It was developed for marketers from both the client and agency side.
Harry started his online career in 1995 when he founded Interactive Promotions and has been at the forefront in developing successful online programs for various agencies and Fortune 500 companies ever since. He is now founder and CEO of Overdrive Interactive, the online marketing agency behind highly successful search engine marketing, online media and social media campaigns for clients as diverse as Harley-Davidson, John Hancock, EMC, IBM, The Princeton Review, LoJack and Dow Jones.
Harry is a frequent lecturer on search engine marketing, paid search management, social media marketing and online media for The New England Direct Marketing Association, The In-House Agency Forum, The Ad Club, UMass Boston, Harvard University and Boston University. He is also a recognized subject matter expert and columnist for ClickZ.
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