SEATTLE, March 27, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- ROCKETinfo, Inc. (OTCBB:RKTI), a pioneer in news monitoring, analysis and search technology, today announced the release of a new version of its flagship online news search engine and portal, Rocketnews.com. Rocketinfo addresses the core challenge in the news search business: relevant news, provided in a timely manner. The just-launched Rocketnews.com aims to set a new standard amongst Internet news providers by answering the question: In this era of too much news, how do you find exactly what you need?
Google and Yahoo searches just don't do it-they are constrained by their inability to adequately contextualize a given topic or a specific requirement. Most other news providers simply list news headlines by subject or region. Rocketnews.com goes further, working with news seekers to bring them what they are looking for by creating easy to configure, user-defined feeds from a database of over 60,000 sources, and growing.
Rocketnews.com originally launched over a decade ago as one of the World Wide Web's first news search engines and news aggregation portals. In addition to performing searches for current news stories and browsing major news categories, visitors to Rocketnews.com will now experience a number of technology enhancements and feature additions.
Rocketinfo's "contextual search" is easier for the user to define, and has faster response times, while delivering more relevant information and context. Thousands of news sources have been added to the Rocketnews.com database, bringing the total number of sources searched to over 60,000.
Rocketnews.com introduces the Topic Discovery Engine, which expands a contextual search to include blog posts, photos, video clips and research data, besides an abundance of updated and historical news. The Topic Discovery Engine examines all 60,000 news sources; it collects, analyzes and categorizes news stories; and then updates category pages, topic pages and related RSS feeds. Topic pages, a new feature at Rocketnews.com, highlight popular news topics by displaying related news stories, blog posts, photos and noteworthy quotes.
The relaunch of Rocketnews.com is the first in a series of new product releases Rocketinfo has planned. With its new features and huge database of sources, the focus is on quality news, within the clearly defined prism of a news seeker's demands.
About Rocketinfo (OTCBB:RKTI)
Rocketinfo pioneered easy to use, web-based software products that aid individuals and businesses in intelligently managing news flow. Rocketinfo news monitoring products employ proprietary neural network technology and allow business professionals to conduct news monitoring, brand monitoring and competitive intelligence activities across 60,000 news sources. Rocketinfo, Inc., 701 5th Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98104, 206-219-0146. For more information please visit http://www.rocketinfo.com/.
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