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03 Jan 07
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Consider A9, a search engine owned by Amazon.com that received positive reviews when it began in 2004 and was run by Udi Manber, a widely recognized search specialist.
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none had more than a 1 percent share of the United States search market in November
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ChaCha, which uses paid researchers that act as virtual reference librarians to provide answers to users’ queries, got $6.1 million.
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Another $16 million went to Snap
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Hakia, which like Powerset is trying to create a “natural language” search engine, got $16 million.
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Powerset recently received $12.5 million in financing.
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rather are focusing on specialized slices of the search world
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Since the beginning of 2004, venture capitalists have put nearly $350 million into no fewer than 79 start-ups that had something to do with Internet search, according to the National Venture Capital Association, an industry group.
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