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Article: eLibrary articles now included in Inktomi search results. (News Break).
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- Information Today
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- December 1, 2002
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Alacritude, LLC, the Chicago-based start-up that purchased eLibrary.com and Encyclopedia.com earlier this year, has announced that documents available from eLibrary will now he indexed by Inktomi and featured in search results on portals that use the Inktomi search engine. Sites include MSN, About.com, Overture, LookSmart, HotBot, and others.
The Alacritude partnership includes agreements with Inktomi Corp. and with the marketing agency All Effort, Inc. to "optimize and index the full text of 2 million eLibrary documents." The deal may prove to be a smart marketing tactic that gives a needed boost in subscription sales for eLibrary, which had been steadily losing ...