SEL: Kozoru to Launch Chat-Based Build-Your-Own Mobile Search + Kozoru Interview (soon)

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May 30, 2006

Kozoru to Launch Chat-Based Build-Your-Own Mobile Search + Kozoru Interview (soon)

I've been trying for an interview with Kozoru since December.

update: (Oh SNAP! I'd totally forgotten about *THIS* part of their story! Kozoru was in acquisition talks with Google and then Google quit answering emails and phone calls, continued logging into Kozoru, and blocked them from API usage according to CEO John Flowers!

I wish I had remembered that when writing questions... oh well :P)

I recently wrote out a gi-NORMOUS list of questions for them about their upcoming BYOMS launch which they were kind enough to plug away at through the hectic product launch process.

I'm even more excited to get the answers back now that I've read a little more about colorful Kozoru CEO John Flowers: A Million Little Pixels.

I was hoping to get the interview back today, but they're obviously running a bit late on it.

(understandable... there are over 30 questions. This one's kind of funny: +++who's your daddy?+++ Any interest in this from the big players? AOL, Google, etc... Be as vague as possible in your answer please. Just kidding. Be as specific as your ndas allow.

update: this question is kind of stupid now in light of my previous Kozoru coverage which I had completely forgotten about. Oh well :P

This is from the BYOMS press release:.

Creating a byoms feed is easy. Simply add several of your trusted sites, create a corresponding AIM screen name and add the byoms feed to your AIM client. Utilizing kozoru’s patent pending Natural Language Response™ algorithm to enhance relevance, users receive full-sentence responses to their queries, instead of thousands of results. Also, users can create up to twenty unique byoms for searching across multiple topics.

I was supposed to set up my own BYOMS for SEL.

I will first thing tomorrow and let you guys search through SEL's archives while you should be txt-ing your significant others while you're supposed to be working.

Here's coverage from others:
Kozoru Launches Build-Your-Own Byoms
Start-up retrofits search for IM

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