Kaltix Corporation was a
personalized search engine company founded at
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
in June 2003 by
Sepandar Kamvar, Taher Haveliwala and Glen Jeh.
[Olsen, Stefanie]
Search for the personal touch
CNET.com. August 11, 2003.
''pagerank.stanford.edu''. It was acquired by
Google on September 2003.
[Olsen, Stefanie]
Academia's quest for the ultimate search tool
CNET.com. August 15, 2005.
''Google''. September 30, 2003.
''New York Times''. October 1, 2003.
Description
Kaltix was a
startup company that was formed to commercialize personalized web search technology
[ by utilizing a set of proprietary algorithms. The company had developed a system to speed up the computation of Google's PageRank algorithm and personalize search results by sorting them according to the interests of the individual instead of the consensus approach developed by Google.][Kaltix to Beat Google?]
. ''Rank for Sales''. August 12, 2003.
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal. September 30, 2003.[Chai, Winston]
ZDNet.com via Google Web Cache. May 27, 2003. ''Retrieved July 16, 2012''.
''Science Daily''. May 14, 2003.
History
Kaltix was based on the work of Sep Kamvar, Taher Haveliwala and Glen Jeh, who were alumni from Stanford University and participants of their alma mater's PageRank Project as graduate students from 2002 to 2003.[PageRank Team Publications]
''pagerank.stanford.edu''.[Personalized Search Publications List]
. ''kamvar.org''. The project's aim was to advance the PageRank algorithm, developed by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the co-founders of Google.[ Their collective efforts resulted in the development of three algorithms: Quadratic Extrapolation, BlackRock and Adaptive PageRank.][Kamvar, Sepandar, Taher Haveliwal, Christopher Manning and Gene Golub]
Extrapolation Methods for Accelerating PageRank Computations
Stanford InfoLab Publication Server. February 27, 2003. ''Last Modified December 24, 2008''.[Kamvar, Sepandar, Taher Haveliwal, Christopher Manning and Gene Golub]
Exploiting the Block Structure of the Web for Computing PageRank
Stanford InfoLab Publication Server. March 3, 2003. ''Last Modified December 24, 2008''.[Kamvar, Sepandar, Taher Haveliwal and Gene Golub]
Adaptive Methods for the Computation of PageRank
Stanford InfoLab Publication Server. April 27, 2003. ''Last Modified December 24, 2008''. Together, the algorithms formed the foundation of Kaltix.[Haveliwala, Taher, Glen Jeh and Sep Kamvar]
Kaltix Business Plan
Stanford FTP Database via Google Cache. June 16, 2003.
The first algorithm was presented in a paper to the 12th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2003) in Budapest, Hungary on May 22, 2003.[Hart, David]
Researchers develop ways to compute faster Google-style web rankings
''Stanford Reporter''. May 21, 2003.
''www2003.org''.[Kaltix Domain Registration Information]
networksolutions.com. Retrieved July 15, 2012. Just three months after the company's founding, on September 30, 2003, Kaltix was acquired by Google for an undisclosed sum.[
]
Reception
Kaltix was initially met with excitement and mystery by both technology writers (including '' The New York Times'') and the technology industry as a whole.[Mernit, Susan]
Kaltix: From spin-out to Google purchase in 45 days
''SusanMernit.com''. September 30, 2003. Enthusiasm for the potential of personalized search results obtained up to five times faster than Google was accompanied by speculation due to the lack of public information about the company at the time.[Sullivan, Danny]
The Search Engine Update - Number 155
''Search Engine Watch''. August 17, 2003.[Moore, Cathleen]
Google grabs search start-up
Inforworld. September 30, 2003.[Google Acquires Kaltix, Looks to Personalize Search]
''SEO Logic''. September 30, 2003.[Levene, Mark]
An Introduction to Search Engines and Web Navigation
John Wiley & Sons via Google. October 18, 2010. Since its founding and acquisition by Google, Kaltix has been noted for its significance due to its impact towards the development of personalized search.[ Langville, Amy and Carl Meyer]
Google's PageRank and Beyond: The Science of Search Engine Rankings
Princeton University Press via Google, p 51.[Tyrsina, Radu]
What Companies Have Google, Apple and Facebook Bought so Far?
''Technically Personal''. February 1, 2012.[Linden, Greg]
Personalized Search Primer
. ''ReadWriteWeb''. August 6, 2007.[Macmanus, Richard]
Interview with Sep Kamvar
. ''ReadWriteWeb''. August 9, 2007.[Orlowski, Andrew]
Google buys search engine: PageRank RIP?
''The Register''. September 30, 2003.
References
External links
Sep Kamvar's Personal Website
Taher Haveliwala's Personal Website
Glen Jeh's Personal Google Site
{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413072346/https://sites.google.com/site/glenjehmain/ , date=2016-04-13
Companies established in 2003
Internet search engines
Google
Google acquisitions