Dogpile enhances metasearch platform
11 November 2004
Metasearch firm Dogpile has unveiled significant enhancements to its popular search platform.
Dogpile owner InfoSpace has agreed a deal with Topix.net to add Topix news headlines to the Dogpile metasearch service and Topix.net will also help Dogpile's new IntelliFind technology determine when news content is likely to be relevant to users' web search queries.
IntelliFind builds analyses the likely intent behind every query and intelligently searches the sources most likely to return the best results. By limiting the sources queried to those most likely to contain the best-matched content, Dogpile now returns an even higher concentration of more accurate results to end users.
Under the agreement with Topix.net, the news company alerts Dogpile to breaking news stories, helping it respond immediately to users searching for information on the latest news events and maintaining provision of content that is highly flexible and responsive to rapid shifts in current events.
"One of the key user benefits of our new IntelliFind technology is its ability to augment our web results with relevant vertical content sources such as news," said Melissa Turtel, senior product manager for Dogpile. "Topix.net's relevant local and breaking news helps Dogpile's IntelliFind technology assess when a user is searching for information on current events and return the latest results from a wide array of leading sources."
"We're excited about helping Dogpile to better understand the intent behind users' queries and getting breaking news to Dogpile's users via Topix.net," added Mike Markson, vice president of business development at Topix.net. "Our partnership also marks a rollout of a new set of services for us, which showcases Topix.net's ability to provide customized services for our partners."
Topix.net aggregates news headlines from over 8,000 sources, including newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations.
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