{{short description|Internet search engine company}} {{Infobox website | name = Accoona | logo = accoona logo.png | logo_size = 260px | type = B2B search engine | foundation = | products = | revenue = | num_employees = | parent = | homepage = | alexa = }} '''Accoona''' was an internet company with offices in Jersey City, New Jersey, and Shanghai, China. Their main product was a search engine that claimed to use artificial intelligence to better understand searches. On June 23, 2005, in the ABC Times Square Studios, the AI Accoona Toolbar, driven by a Fritz 9 prototype, played against the chess grandmaster Rustam Kasimdzhanov. In addition to traditional searches, it allows business profile searches, and its signature "SuperTarget" feature. Their exclusive partnership with ''China Daily'', a large Chinese internet portal, was seen as a highly strategic move.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}
The CEO of Accoona was Valentine J. Zammit, formerly of 24/7 Real Media and DoubleClick.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}
After IPO problems, Accoona shut down on October 5, 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/10/dead-search-engine-accoona-officially-dead |title=Dead Search Engine Accoona Officially Dead |access-date=2008-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026074540/http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/10/dead-search-engine-accoona-officially-dead |archive-date=2008-10-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In October 2008 the web page said: "Dear Accoona search users, Due to an overwhelmingly competitive search market, Accoona.com and Accoona.cn will no longer be active. We thank you for your previous support. Sincerely, Accoona Management."{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}
Accoona's domains and search facilities were acquired by Masterseek B2B (business-to-business) search engine on October 30, 2008.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}
==Partnerships== Accoona provided the search technology to the Chinese portals Sina.com and Sohu. They also formed a 20-year exclusive partnership with ''China Daily''. Through this partnership and its widespread Chinese affiliates, Accoona expected 10 million hits daily from the otherwise isolated Chinese user base.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}
Accoona signed a deal with FAST Search from Norway to help enhance their rankings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1313665/000114420407040063/v081857-s1.htm|title=Form S-1|date=2007-08-03|work=Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval|publisher=United States Securities and Exchange Commission|access-date=25 January 2026}}</ref>
==Press== * Accoona received attention after selecting former President Bill Clinton as a spokesperson on December 8, 2004. * Accoona also received significant coverage from the webmaster community after many forum sites were spammed with promotional Accoona entries.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}} * Accoona was selected among the "50 Coolest Websites" of 2006 by ''Time'' magazine.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Maryanne Murray |last=Buechner |date=August 3, 2006 |url=http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1222614,00.html |title=50 Coolest Websites 2006 |magazine=Time |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819180431/http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1222614,00.html |archive-date=August 19, 2006}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Internet }}
* Comparison of web search engines * List of search engines * Timeline of web search engines
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.accoona.com/ Accoona Business Directory]
Category:Internet search engines