Fact database GuruNet that became Atomica and then changed back to GuruNet is now offically known as Answers Corporation provider of Answers.com. I guess it's all in the name. Phew, I hoped I got that all right.
GuruNet Becomes Answers.com and Is Now Available Free! Formerly called GuruNet. GuruNet Becomes Answers.com and Is Now Available Free! It's when someone is looking for the answer to something, rather than a specific web site -- though web sites...
Gurunet/Answers.com Today is the final day of the second quarter which means that we're just a few weeks away from another round of quarterly earnings. Here's a small list of when earnings will be released and the time of the conference call (if...
The other ready-reference site I use frequently is Answers.com (http://www.answers.com), formerly the fee-based GuruNet. While the major search engines continue to dabble with shortcuts to reference sources, Wikipedia and Answers.com have quietly...
The answer man from News.com has GuruNet CEO Bob Rosenschein -- whose company runs Answers.com -- answering some questions of his own, such why the company will succeed at making money this time, when it failed previously, how it's not competing...
GuruNet to Use Google Features on Site. A set of tools from Blogstreet can help. Finding good blog content can be a challenge. One way is to explore the "blogrolling" links that many bloggers create to other blogs.
Word this morning that Gurunet (the parent of Answers.com) and Google have signed a deal that will place Google AdSense advertising on Answers.com pages. Gurunet also announced that they're now offering a co-branded and integrated version of Google...
Another option for Google is to provide Alt-Click functionality in the way that the GuruNet helper application (now Answers.com, also once called Atomica) has long allowed. Journal writer Walt Mossberg, who rallied against Smart Tags in 2001...
The AutoLink feature reminds me of (providing related links/info based on content found on a page NOT in its implementation) Microsoft's Smart Tags (with Word Documents), Vibrant Media's IntelliTXT, Gurunet/Answer.com's One-Click Answers, Blinkx...
It was first known as GuruNet, then Atomica, and then back to GuruNet before renaming the public site, Answers.com. In This Issue SES NY Coming Up Fast! Top Stories + More From The Search Engine Watch Blog + About The Newsletter
GuruNet, Google get a little closer. At the Chicago conference he took the opportunity to look back over the year's search engine events and gaze into his crystal ball toward the future. A special report from the Search Engine Strategies conference...
It was first known as GuruNet, then Atomica, and then back to GuruNet before renaming the public site, Answers.com. I've often used Walt Mossberg's 2003 review of the Answers.com (at that time known as GuruNet) in training sessions since it does a...
GuruNet hopes soar on new ever-searching surfers. Since Google recently made it past the 10 word query mark with a new limit of 32, I think Yahoo still has them beat with this. Not only can you seemingly paste as much text as you like into the...
GuruNet, the very useful and formerly subscription-based ready-reference web database and client app, full of fast facts and other information from over 100 reference sources, has launched a new site, Answers.com, and is now available for free.
GuruNet, the very useful and formerly subscription-based ready-reference web database and client app, full of fast facts and other information from over 100 reference sources, has launched a new site, Answers.com, and is now available for free.
We've covered other reference sources, including GuruNet, which just announced that it is morphing into a free online service with a new name: Answers.com. GuruNet Turns to Ad-supported Model. Check out this list of the best reference sites of 2004...
GuruNet, the very useful and formerly subscription-based ready-reference web database and client app, full of fast facts and other information from over 100 reference sources, has launched a new site: Answers.com and is now available for free.
We've blogged about Kozoru (another natural language answer engine currently in development) and Gurunet here. Pandia has published an article about Stochasto, a new "natural language" engine from Norway that is set to launch in early 2005.
GuruNet, the useful "answer engine" and search utility began trading on the AMEX yesterday. Details in this story from Israel's Haaretz.com: GuruNet launches on Amex. Here's a link to Chris's positive SearchDay review: GuruNet: A Handy Information...
This post also contains a mention of GuruNet. An article from BBC Online, The future of facts, takes a brief look at information quality and authority issues on the open web and then discusses what a couple of companies are doing about it.
