Vivisimo Customer USASearch.gov Expands Search Capability to All Government Websites

Vivisimo Customer USASearch.gov Expands Search Capability to All Government
Websites
Government Service Administration Leverages Buying Power to Offer Free Web
Search from Award-Winning Search Technology

PITTSBURGH, June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivisimo ( vivisimo.com ), a leader in
enterprise search, today announced that its customer, USASearch.gov, launched
a new program for all federal, state, local, tribal and territorial government
websites.
The expanded "search affiliate" program of USASearch.gov, offers a free
search engine for all government websites that indexes more than 50 million
federal, state, local, tribal and territorial government documents.
USASearch.gov is among numerous government users of Vivisimo's
award-winning search technology. Others include the National Library of
Medicine, Womenshealth.gov, and the governments of New Zealand and Israel.
"Using Vivisimo's superior search technology, and the expanded search
affiliate program, anybody can easily access the vast amounts of information
collected and generated by the U.S. government," said Raul Valdes-Perez, CEO
and co-founder of Vivisimo. "Vivisimo's intuitive user-interface turns
complexity into simplicity -- and will help millions of people to get quick,
authoritative answers to their questions."
The expanded search affiliate program allows managers of any
government-related web site to add new features to their sites, increasing
their usefulness to users:
-- A free search engine that searches USASearch.gov's 50 million indexed
government documents;
-- News, Image, and FAQ search results;
-- Local weather forecasts from the National Weather Service;
-- Mapping and localization;
-- Access to Congressional contact information; federal government forms;
and information about federal government job openings and federal aid and
benefits; and
-- Spotlight features on the most popular and relevant searches.
A core benefit of searching with the Vivisimo Velocity(TM) Platform is
that even ambiguous search terms deliver good answers, presented in a clean
interface that is easy to understand and navigate, allowing users to quickly
sort through thousands or millions of possibilities.
In the expanded affiliate search program, governments using USASearch.gov
receive are ad-free results of their searches, from trusted government
resources managed by government search editors. Easy online management and
customizable look and features allow government website managers flexibility
in incorporating the USASearch.gov search engine into their websites.
USASearch.gov is driven by Vivisimo industry-leading, award-winning search
technology, delivering the most relevant results for users.
Government website managers interested in utilizing USA.gov's free search
engine can find more information and sign up to use this service at
http://www.usaservices.gov/search
About the Vivisimo Velocity Platform
The Vivisimo Velocity platform provides enterprises with innovative search
solutions that allow users to access, extract and manipulate all available
content, regardless of location. The latest version of Velocity is the first
major enterprise search platform to bring business-ready Web 2.0
functionalities, such as social tagging, social bookmarking, social networking
and mash-ups to the market. By combining the simplicity of consumer search
with the flexibility and control of enterprise software, organizations can
reap the benefits of increased user adoption and satisfaction without
compromising performance, scalability, security or the ability to configure a
solution specific to its business environment. Based on a service-oriented
architecture that enables rapid deployment, Vivisimo Velocity can be up and
running in just weeks.
About Vivisimo, Inc.
Vivisimo does search right by combining the simplicity and innovation of
consumer search with the flexibility and control of enterprise software. The
company works with customers to understand their goals and quickly deploy
solutions that maximize the business value of information -- with an interface
users love. Vivisimo serves its global client base through its headquarters in
Pittsburgh, PA, and partners throughout the world. Please visit Vivisimo.com
to or our Search Done Right Blog to learn more about enterprise search.
Geof Becker
Vivisimo
(412) 422-2499 X166
pr@Vivisimo.com

SOURCE Vivisimo, Inc.

Geof Becker of Vivisimo, Inc., +1-412-422-2499, ext. 166, pr@Vivisimo.com