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{{Infobox company
| name = Baynote
| logo = Baynote.png
| type = Private
| founder = Jack Jia, Rob Bradshaw, Scott Brave
| defunct = 
| fate = Acquired
| successor = Kibo
| area_served = 
| key_people = Bill Hustad, CEO
| industry = Software
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| foundation = 2004
| location = San Jose, Ca.
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| homepage = {{URL|http://www.baynote.com/}}
'''Baynote''' was a San Jose, California-based software company offering [[Web search engine|web search]] recommendation [[Software as a service|software as a service]] (SaaS) products.<ref name="businessweek">{{Cite news| last = Hof| first = Rob | title = Baynote: The Search Beat Goes On| newspaper = businessweek| date = June 13, 2006| url = http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2006/06/baynote.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| last = Fitzgerald| first = Michael| title = Smarter Corporate Websites | work = MIT Technology Review| publisher =technologyreview.com | date = June 12, 2006| url = http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?ch=biztech&sc=&id=16975&pg=1&a=f}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Baynote Collective Intelligence Platform and Recommendation Applications|url = http://www.customers.com/articles/baynote-collective-intelligence-platform-and-recommendation-applications/|access-date = 2015-09-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = 5 Personalization Tools to Increase Conversions - LYONSCG|url = http://www.lyonscg.com/insights/5-personalization-tools-increase-conversions/|access-date = 2015-09-28|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150930021029/http://www.lyonscg.com/insights/5-personalization-tools-increase-conversions/|archive-date = 2015-09-30|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Baynote: Psychology an important part of personalization - Ecommerce - BizReport|url = http://www.bizreport.com/2012/07/baynote-psychology-an-important-part-of-personalization.html|website = www.bizreport.com|access-date = 2015-09-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Baynote launches recommendation platform to better target content to web site visitors|url = https://venturebeat.com/2008/06/17/baynote-launches-recommendation-platform-to-better-target-content-to-web-site-visitors/|website = VentureBeat|access-date = 2015-09-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title = "I Know What You Bought Last Summer." Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy|last = Lindstrom|first = Martin|publisher = Crown|year = 2011|location = New York|pages = 218}}</ref> It is based on the concept of the wisdom of the crowd (also known as [[Social:Collective intelligence|Collective intelligence]]), in which search results are ranked based on analysis of the links and pages visited by users in the past.<ref name="businessweek" /><ref>{{Cite web|title = Baynote: The Search Beat Goes On - BusinessWeek|url = http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2006/06/baynote.html|website = Businessweek.com|access-date = 2015-09-28}}</ref> In September 2016, Kibo Software, Inc. announced it had purchased Baynote for an undisclosed amount.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.internetretailer.com/2016/09/26/e-commerce-vendor-kibo-buys-personalization-firm-baynote|title=E-commerce vendor Kibo buys personalization firm Baynote|last=Evans|first=Katie|access-date=2016-11-01}}</ref> Baynote was subsequently rebranded as Kibo Real Time Individualization. As of 2021, Kibo has discontinued the product. 

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==External links==
* [http://www.baynote.com/ Official website]

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