A Web site run by the Health and Human Services Department’s Office on Women's Health has adopted a new search engine that aims to speed the delivery of pertinent information.
The site, Womenshealth.gov, now uses search technology from Vivisimo. The addition of the company’s technology is part of a broader site upgrade and relaunch, said Geof Becker, Vivisimo’s director of corporate communications.
Becker said the search software returns more relevant results more quickly but added that it is “too soon to say whether this prompts an increase in traffic.”
The Web site previously used Verity, a search engine acquired by Autonomy, Becker said.
Vivisimo’s Velocity Search Platform improves on the site’s former search engine by presenting results as themed clusters, he said. The Vivisimo technology also spotlights the most relevant content for a given search query, he added, saying those techniques are faster than having users sift through a simple list of ranked results.
The women’s health site provides consumers, health providers and researchers with information about the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illnesses that affect women.
Vivisimo’s government customers also include Kids.gov, Consumer.gov and USA.gov.
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