Foxmarks Launches Xmarks.com: Web Discovery and Smarter Search Powered By Over Half a Billion Bookmarks
Posted on: Monday, 2 March 2009, 06:00 CST
Xmarks helps users discover the best sites on the Web based on what millions of people are bookmarking. The Xmarks browser add-on adds new discovery features to the category leading bookmark sync features that Foxmarks is well known for. In addition to unveiling Xmarks, Foxmarks announced that its company name is changing to Xmarks, Inc.
"Search is by no means done. There is a lot of innovation ahead," said
Bookmark-powered Web Discovery
Xmarks analyzes over 600 million bookmarks to help users discover the best sites on the Web. Highlights of the new Xmarks service include:
-- Site Info: Xmarks provides detailed site information for the best sites on the Web, showing you how many people have bookmarked that site as well as user reviews and ratings. -- Similar Sites: Xmarks shows you a list of related topics and similar sites, all based on how millions of people have organized their bookmarks. -- Topic info: Xmarks uncovers the top sites for any given topic, allowing you to explore great sites across a broad array of categories.Smarter Search
Xmarks delivers an exciting innovation in web search by providing detailed site information right on the results pages of today's leading search engines. Xmarks works with Google, Yahoo, and Live Search, automatically highlighting the three best search results based on bookmark popularity.
"Xmarks is the natural evolution of our bookmark sync product used by
millions," said
The Xmarks.com web site is available now. The Xmarks browser add-on is available now for Firefox, with support for Internet Explorer and Safari expected in early Q209.
For more information and to discover the best of the Web, visit www.xmarks.com.
About Xmarks, Inc.
Formerly known as Foxmarks and founded in 2006 by
SOURCE Xmarks, Inc.
Source: PR Newswire
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