Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Picsearch announces collaboration with MSN for image search

Apparently MSN has already integrated Picsearch's technology into the new and improved MSN search

Picsearch announced today that it has entered into an agreement to supply the new MSN Search service with image search services. This means that MSN consumers may search for electronic images on the Internet using technology made available by Picsearch.

Nils Andersson, CEO of Picsearch, said "I am very excited that Picsearch's technology will be used to find images on the Web for this worldwide service. MSN shares our desire to be at the forefront of the net search market. Picsearch will continue providing the highest quality image search service in the world. New features are always being developed."

The new MSN Search, launched on February 1, delivers the information consumers are looking for online more precisely through a combination of up-to-date resources and search tools that make it possible for consumers to tailor their search to their needs. With a database of hundreds of millions of images Picsearch forms part of this integrated service.


press release

By the way, their image search seems to be very good. I haven't used it much, but it always pulled up what I was looking for in a couple test searches. I'm guessing they use a similar search algorithm to Google's image search.

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