Internet giant Google said Friday it has purchased database company Metaweb to help improve its search engine Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

"We`ve acquired Metaweb, a company that maintains an open database of things in the world," Jack Menzel, a Google director of product management, said in a blog post.

"Working together, we want to improve search and make the Web richer and more meaningful for everyone. Internet giant Google said Friday it has purchased database company Metaweb to help improve its search engine Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

"We`ve acquired Metaweb, a company that maintains an open database of things in the world," Jack Menzel, a Google director of product management, said in a blog post.

"Working together, we want to improve search and make the Web richer and more meaningful for everyone.

"We`ve acquired Metaweb because we believe working together we`ll be able to provide better answers," Menzel said, adding that Metaweb could prove useful in providing answers to pa The San Francisco-based Metaweb, which was founded in 2005, maintains an open database called Freebase of more than 12 million items, including movies, books, television shows and companies.

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