A9.com

Article summary

A9.com was a subsidiary of Amazon that developed search engine and search advertising technology. A9 was based in Palo Alto, California, with teams in Seattle, Bangalore, Beijing, Dublin, Iași, Munich and Tokyo. A9 had development efforts in areas of product search, cloud search, visual search, augmented reality, advertising technology and community question answering.

Key claims

1. date of foundation: 2003 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. release date: 2005 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. release date: 2011 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2003". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the release date is "2005". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the release date is "2011". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
6. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367240290