Yahoo has bought one more startup this year named SkyPhrase, which is a small startup operated by only 4 people. On Monday, Yahoo announced this news officially and told in a blog post that in the coming days , Yahoo web searches will be more improved and will provide better results to the people on search engines. SkyPhrase is a four-person startup that gained popularity earlier this year for its software that turns inquiries written in natural language into something that data base understands easily. Buying this startup will make Yahoo search engine more personalized and user-friendly. People who are in a hurry and use disjoint words while searching, SkyPhrase software will understands what the query is about and interpret into data base friendly language. This will make Yahoo Search engine more convenient and easy to use, for example if a user search for “ Find an American Airlines flight next week from New York to Los Angeles”, Yahoo search engine will provide all the best results with suggestion for American Flights running with the help of SkyPhrase Software. Yahoo hasn’t revealed any financial details about the deal but this acquisition will soon be revealed with more detailed information.
SKyPhrase said in a statement,
"In Yahoo, we have found a company that not only shares our vision, but delivers a rich collection of information and services to a massive user base. We are excited to join Yahoo Labs to continue to work on our shared vision of making computers deeply understand people's natural language and intentions,We can’t wait to take things to the next level together."
No comments:
Post a Comment