Official: Wolfram Alpha Launches May 18

By Danny Sullivan

Published: May 8, 2009 at 10:42 am

After briefly going live yesterday, Wolfram Alpha — the much anticipated fact engine — was quickly shutdown. Now the company tells us that May 18 is the official launch data.

For more about the service, see my write-up, Impressive: The Wolfram Alpha “Fact Engine”.

Postscript by Barry Schwartz: They have moved up the date to this Friday, May 15th. Read more about the launch event here.

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Danny Sullivan was a journalist and analyst who covered the digital and search marketing space from 1996 through 2017. He was also a cofounder of Third Door Media, which publishes Search Engine Land and MarTech, and produces the SMX: Search Marketing Expo and MarTech events. He retired from journalism and Third Door Media in June 2017. You can learn more about him on his personal site & blog He can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.