Editing Accoona (section)

{{short description|Internet search engine company}}
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| type          = [[Business-to-business|B2B]] search engine
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'''Accoona''' was an [[Dot-com company|internet company]] with offices in [[Jersey City, New Jersey]], and [[Shanghai, China]].  Their main product was a [[search engine]] that claimed to use [[artificial intelligence]] to better understand searches. On June 23, 2005, in the ABC [[Times Square Studios]], the AI Accoona Toolbar, driven by a [[Fritz (chess)|Fritz]] 9 prototype, played against the chess grandmaster [[Rustam Kasimdzhanov]]. In addition to traditional searches, it allows business profile searches, and its signature "SuperTarget" feature.  Their exclusive partnership with ''[[China Daily]]'', a large Chinese [[internet portal]], was seen as a highly strategic move.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

The CEO of Accoona was Valentine J. Zammit, formerly of [[24/7 Real Media]] and [[DoubleClick]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

After [[Initial public offering|IPO]] problems, Accoona shut down on October 5, 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/10/dead-search-engine-accoona-officially-dead |title=Dead Search Engine Accoona Officially Dead |access-date=2008-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026074540/http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/10/dead-search-engine-accoona-officially-dead |archive-date=2008-10-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In October 2008 the web page said: "Dear Accoona search users, Due to an overwhelmingly competitive search market, Accoona.com and Accoona.cn will no longer be active.  We thank you for your previous support. Sincerely, Accoona Management."{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

Accoona's domains and search facilities were acquired by [[Masterseek]] B2B (business-to-business) search engine on October 30, 2008.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}