Girafa.com Inc., a developer and provider of data visualization solutions and services, today announced that it has signed an agreement with the MSN network for use of Girafa's Visualization technology for MSN search services.
Girafa's Visualization technology enables the immediate display of a Website's thumbnail preview alongside its textual URL. The visual representation of textual hyperlinks increases users' success rate and efficiency, as they utilize visual recollection to identify relevant links, familiar Web sites, as well as eliminate redundant entries to unwanted Web sites.
Under the agreement, Girafa's Visualization services will be available to millions of MSN search users in the US, searching from the Microsoft Internet Explorer search pane.
"We are delighted to announce this agreement with Microsoft and are excited to have the opportunity to offer our visualization services to millions of Internet Explorer users" said Eldad Barnoon, CEO of Girafa. "MSN, setting new standards for searching the Web, is introducing a smarter, more efficient and much more enjoyable search experience".
Founded in 1999, Girafa is privately held with operations in the United States, Japan and Israel. Girafa's R&D center is located in Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Published by Globes [online] - www.globes.co.il - on 26 August 2002