MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — March 14, 2006 — Kosmix (www.kosmix.com) announced today that its patent-pending search technology has been chosen to power customized web search for a new gaming site Ziff Davis Media Game Group plans to launch this spring. The Kosmix search technology will allow users of the new site to find the most relevant, high-quality gaming content from the entire Web, including game reviews, cheats, strategy guides, blog entries, and more.
Kosmix Search is based on new, sophisticated algorithms that categorize Web pages, producing search results that show users a multi-dimensional view of relevant web content. The technology will provide gamers with search results in specific categories relevant to gaming. This approach reduces the number of clicks it takes for gamers to find what really matters to them, and presents useful information they may not have considered otherwise.
"We're developing the industry's most comprehensive resource for videogame players on the Web, and Kosmix Search Technology will play a central role in achieving that goal," said Ira Becker, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the 1UP Network. "There's a tremendous wealth of high-quality gaming content spread throughout the Web, but it can be hard to find using traditional search engines. So we decided to build a search engine targeting the gaming vertical, organized around the particular way gamers search and filter for content. Kosmix will ensure that our users get the best gaming content available on the whole Web."
"This partnership with Ziff Davis Media Game Group is a tremendous opportunity to illustrate the flexibility of our Kosmix search platform and the value of Web categorization," said Anand Rajaraman, co-founder of Kosmix. "Gamers are sophisticated users with voracious appetites for information, and we're looking forward to meeting that challenge."
Kosmix has created a fundamentally new approach to search based on the development of patent-pending algorithms and technology that present a multi-dimensional view of relevant search results. The company was founded in 2004 by Venky Harinarayan and Anand Rajaraman, who also co-founded Junglee, a provider of database technology for helping consumers find products on the Internet, which was acquired by Amazon in 1998. Kosmix has filed more than 10 patents and has indexed more than 3.2 billion URLs and counting. Based in Mountain View, Calif., Kosmix is privately funded. Lead investors include Cambrian Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Media Contact: pr@kosmix.com
Ziff Davis Media Game Group, a division of Ziff Davis Media Inc., is the largest publisher of electronic gaming magazines and websites in the United States, reaching over 17 million gamers in print and 11 million gamers online. Electronic Gaming Monthly has the highest readership of any independent gaming magazine, covering the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Revolution, Sony PSP, Nintendo DS, and all relevant and emerging game systems. Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine is the #1 publication for passionate PlayStation and PSP gamers. Computer Gaming World is the longest running and most respected publication for core PC gamers. The 1UP Network includes: 1UP.com, the online home for gamers looking for exclusive editorial content and advanced social networking; GameVideos.com, the only site aggregating not just the latest and best game video content, but all video related to gaming culture, past, present, and future; FileFront.com, the leading destination for gaming-related file downloads; and GameTab.com, the industry's most powerful gaming news and reviews aggregator.
Kosmix Media Contact
Tina Nanez
(650) 938-2300
media@kosmix.com