IBM: Web Fountain is "Google on Steroids"
IBM has developed a search engine called, "Web Fountain," which Paul Horn, IBM's senior vice president of research refers to as "Google on steroids." The technology was originally developed for a record company. It reads and understands text, and uses natural language to make correlations between words. Unlike traditional search, Web Fountain searches everything on the Web, including chat rooms, when set to that parameter. In the case of the record company, Horn says Web Fountain was a two-week leading indicator of sales. "The buzz in the chat rooms for an upcoming CD indicated what was going to be a hot seller." Could Web Fountain be a real challenger to Google? [Full story: IBM's Path From Invention To Income - Forbes]
Posted under Google on August 08, 2003.
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