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VortexDNA Search Technology Proven

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These guys have made a huge breakthrough in predictive search technology. VortexDNA predictive search technology has proven its ability to increase click rates by up to 14 per cent--an increase that, for a company like Google, could translate to additional revenue of more than $800 million per year. Full details below:

 

Media release

Tuesday, 22 May 2007

VortexDNA Search Technology Proven

VortexDNA predictive search technology has proven its ability to increase click rates by up to 14 per cent--an increase that, for a company like Google, could translate to additional revenue of more than $800 million per year.

“For the last eight months we’ve been testing our search technology against Google search results using MyWebDNA, a  Firefox extension”, explains VortexDNA director Branton Kenton-Dau.  “I would like to thank all the people who have downloaded the extension from our website. It’s you who have made these astonishing results possible.”   

While Google’s own staff recently achieved a 1per cent improvement in click rates, the VortexDNA search technology has demonstrated that users are 14 per cent more likely to click on a Google SearchTM link with a high VortexDNA relevance score than on one with a low score. 

“When I saw the size of the results we were getting, the first thing I did was to recommend that we get an independent review of our findings”, says fellow VortexDNA director, Nick Gerritsen.  “Fourteen per cent is huge and I knew no-one would believe us unless we had experts checking our data.”

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The company chose Warwick, Rhode Island, statistical and mathematical consulting firm Minimax Consulting LLC for its expert review.  “Basically they gave us a clean bill of health,” says Gerritsen.  “It’s then that we decided to release the results.”

Bloomberg commentator, Johnathan Thaw, recently suggested a 10 per cent gain in the click rate on advertising may mean a 5 per cent increase in sales for search engines like Yahoo!  “Based on projected net sales for Google of more than $12 billion this year, a 14 per cent increase in advertising clicks would represent an annual increase in sales of $840 million for Google; the same improvement translates to $382 million for Yahoo! Inc.,” says Gerritsen.

With the potential upside of the technology running into hundreds of millions of dollars a year, the VortexDNA team say they are still committed to providing the best Web experience for everyone.

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