Search engine provider WebFeat, US, has announced that it had posted another record year in 2007, its 10th year of consecutive growth, increasing revenues by 55 percent. Database searches soared by nearly 200 percent, growing from 88 million searches in 2006 to over 170 million last year. The company added 330 new client systems during the period, in turn providing WebFeat federated search access to over 3,500 more libraries. WebFeat systems are now available to over 16,500 libraries worldwide.
The company launched several new products in 2007, including Enterprise Administration Manager for multi-library networks, WebFeat Proxy, Menu Manager and version 3.0 of its WebFeat Express system. Notable new clients included North Carolina's 200-library NC LIVE statewide network, and Pennsylvania's 3,000-library Access PA system. WebFeat also realised significant growth overseas, with new systems in the UK, France, Australia, China, Korea, Spain, the Netherlands, and the Middle East. WebFeat now supports 11 languages, including double-Byte Unicode characters.
WebFeat capped the year with its fourth patent in session management and authentication technology. The product has patents in the US, Germany, Australia and China. The company attributes its growth to advances in its WebFeat Express and WebFeat Enterprise Edition administration technology, dramatically reducing the time required to configure, launch and maintain federated search systems.
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