{"id":7576,"date":"2018-03-16T09:27:57","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T09:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordlift.io\/blog\/en\/?post_type=entity&#038;p=7576"},"modified":"2021-11-03T18:20:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T17:20:47","slug":"a9-com-search-portal","status":"publish","type":"entity","link":"https:\/\/wordlift.io\/blog\/en\/entity\/a9-com-search-portal\/","title":{"rendered":"A9.com search portal &#8211; 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A9 was created by Amazon.com in 2003 as an independent company aimed at producing technology for search and advertising. 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