Zakta.com Launches Personal and Social Web Search Engine
URL: http://www.Zakta.com

Sundar Kadayam, Cincinnati-based search expert and entrepreneur, has
created Zakta.com, a personal and social Web search engine that allows
users to edit their search results and build on the results of others.

"One of my biggest frustrations has been that after spending hours
searching on the Web, I had nothing to show, reuse or benefit anyone
else, including myself in the future," Kadayam says.

"Zakta helps the process of searching for information by letting you
edit, save and share your results and then invite your community for
feedback and insights." says Founder and CEO Kadayam, who specialized
in search technologies, text-mining, social media analysis and
networking at former companies that have included Intelliseek Inc. and
The Nielsen Company.

Along with the traditional features expected in a web search engine,
Zakta provides the following:

1). Fully editable search results. Zakta’s search results are
completely editable and under the user's control. A user can delete
results that aren’t relevant. Drag-and-drop results to rearrange them,
or add tags and annotations to any result.

2). Automatically saved searches. Zakta automatically saves all
changes into a user's Zakta account so users benefit from their
changes whenever they search again.

3). Tools to gather and save information from everywhere.  Zakta
provides tools like the Zakta ClipPad, the Zakta Plugin, and Zakta
SearchPacks, to find information anywhere on the web and include it in
the user's search process.

4). Easy knowledge sharing. Zakta enables users to share their results
in the form of Zakta Guides.

5). Trusted collaboration. Users can invite other people they trust –
such as colleagues, friends, or family members – to find information
together and use a Zakta Guide as a living, collaborative document.

"Zakta.com is the closest thing to the next big thing in search I’ve
seen," says Jason Falls, a top blogger and author of the popular blog
at SocialMediaExplorer.com. "There's a ton of relevance and power
behind the Zakta idea. My friend's search results, culled and curated
for my edification, are useful. If we all did it, we'd have something,
now wouldn't we?"

Bloggers, businesses, consultants, researchers, authors,  students,
librarians, travelers, hobbyists, educators and serious searchers can
all benefit greatly from the rich search, personalization and
collaboration tools in Zakta.

About Zakta
Zakta, whose name is derived from the word "exactly", was founded by
search expert, Sundar Kadayam in 2007. Zakta is backed by Vora
Ventures, with veteran entrepreneur Mahendra Vora as Chairman of
Zakta. Seasoned technologist Mark Reed is CTO of Zakta. Zakta LLC
(www.zakta.com) is a small, privately held start-up in Cincinnati,
Ohio.

Posted by Eric Ward on 9/29/09
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