The site is “under construction” and all I have is the release, which is in the extended entry below. The company is a division of Markettrix, which from what I can tell is an SEO/marketing services holding company (their site is very sketchy on details). So here’s my question: If you’re about to revolutionize search, why not just wait till you have the goods and open up your site to all comers? The word of mouth will get around in about a day, if not an hour. Why huff and puff in a press release? Why? Oh, yeah, now I remember.
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> AOMI’s Artificial Intelligence Search Product Will Render Most Traditional
> Internet Search Technologies Obsolete
>
> FORT WORTH, Texas – March 1, 2004 – AOMI, an independent operating company
> of Markettrix Inc., is preparing to launch an artificial intelligence (AI)
> search product that will learn from and adapt to users with each search. A
> prototype of this product, code-named “HAL,” will be completed in the coming
> months, and the public Beta will be released soon thereafter.
>
> Existing search technology is rife with shortcomings. More than half of the
> search queries executed using today’s search engines return hordes of
> irrelevant results. In addition, current engines index only a minute
> percentage of the Web content universe. AOMI will use a proprietary adaptive
> AI engine to deliver the most relevant results from a more complete index of
> the Internet. This will enable users to find what they’re looking for more
> easily, thus enhancing the Web experience.
>
> “The sampling of the Internet compiled as part of the AOMI product will be
> larger and return more relevant results than any other product in the search
> industry,” said Markettrix CEO Carey Hilton. “Using behavioral profiling,
> predictive modeling, and Neuro Intelligence(tm), our intuitive AI Search(tm)
> algorithms create a ‘search concierge’ that starts learning immediately and
> becomes more refined and smarter with every use.”
>
> In its quest for continued excellence, AOMI is seeking additional talent.
> The existing R&D team operates as part of an international collaborative and
> is a brain trust that includes top scientists, professors, engineers and
> experts in the respective fields of AI, mathematics, cognitive sciences,
> statistics, human behavior and psychology.
>
> “It has taken a multitude of skill sets from people of diverse backgrounds
> and experience to create the AOMI search product,” Hilton said. “And just as
> Henry Ford rendered the horse and buggy obsolete with his invention of the
> automobile, the AOMI team has created new search technologies that will
> revolutionize the way people search – rendering existing search
> functionality obsolete.”
>
> About AOMI
> AOMI is an independent operating unit of Markettrix Inc. Markettrix is an
> innovative search technologies, media, and marketing services company
> providing its clients with a suite of marketing services and applications
> that help build the demand side of their business. AOMI is the search side
> of Markettrix and headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. For more information,
> visit www.aomi.com. AOMI, AI Search, Neuro Intelligence, AI Targeting, and
> SmartSearch are trademarks of Markettrix Inc.
> # # #
>
> Media Contact:
>
> Michelle Metzger
> M/C/C
> +1-972-480-8383
> michelle_metzger@mccom.com