NEW YORK, March 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Yext, Inc. (NYSE:
YEXT), the Search Experience Cloud company, today announced its
collaboration with the State of New
Jersey to deliver residents accurate, up-to-date information
about COVID-19 with a new online information hub.
The State of NJ's new website,
covid19.nj.gov, uses natural language processing (NLP) to
understand the questions people ask about the coronavirus, then
delivers answers using data collected from multiple NJ state
agencies, federal resources like the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), and the Federation of American Scientists
"Ask a Scientist" interactive tool.
"Getting the right information out to people can help save
lives," said Howard Lerman, Founder
and CEO of Yext, "The State of New
Jersey is providing a critical service to its residents, and
we're committed to supporting them with Answers and our resources
during this unprecedented time."
"Access to accurate and timely information is critical in
combating the COVID-19 pandemic," said New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. "I want to thank Yext for stepping
up at this crucial moment and donating services and assistance that
are further enabling us to provide our residents with vital
information from numerous sources seamlessly and in a centralized
location."
"Over the last few weeks, we've been able to use our platform
for good, and our collaboration with the State of New Jersey highlights how Yext can
help any local, state or federal government agency in a moment of
crisis," said Brian Distelburger,
Co-Founder and President of Yext. "In just a few days we were able
to implement Yext Answers on the State's new information hub, and
together we now help give New
Jersey residents the information they need to make
important, potentially life-saving decisions about their
health."
As part of Yext's commitment to helping government agencies and
businesses provide verified information during the COVID-19
pandemic, the company is offering its Yext Answers product for free
for 90 days. The trial includes Yext's COVID-19 Knowledge Graph
plug-in, which adds Frequently Asked Questions about coronavirus
sourced directly from the CDC to a website's search experience.
Learn more about the Yext Answers trial at
www.nowronganswers.com.
About Yext
The customer journey starts with a
question, and every day consumers search for answers about brands.
However, they are increasingly served false or misleading
information from sources other than the brand. Yext (NYSE: YEXT),
the Search Experience Cloud company, exists to help brands regain
and maintain a direct relationship with their customers. With a
mission to provide perfect answers everywhere, Yext puts businesses
in control of their facts online by delivering brand verified
answers straight from the source — wherever their customers are
searching. Companies like Taco Bell, Marriott, Jaguar-Land Rover,
and businesses around the world use Yext to take back control of
the customer journey, starting on their own website.
Yext has been named a Best Place to Work by Fortune and Great
Place to Work®, as well as a Best Workplace for Women. Yext is
headquartered in New York City
with offices in Amsterdam,
Berlin, Chicago, Dallas, Geneva, London, Miami, Milan,
Paris, San Francisco, Shanghai, Tokyo, and the Washington, D.C. area.
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