LookSmart Combines Small, Large Biz Products
Date: 2003-07-08 Source: InternetNews.com
The move comes as LookSmart awaits company in the paid inclusion market. Paid search heavyweight Overture Services has plans to launch its own paid inclusion product shortly, which will compete directly with LookListings. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
LookSmart renews Yahoo! distribution agreement
Date: 2003-06-05 Source: smh.com.au
Under the terms of the multi-year agreement, LookSmart will continue to provide paid search listings from their LookListings programme to the Inktomi search index via Inktomi's IndexConnect Reseller programme. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
LookSmart Intros Distributed Search
Date: 2003-05-23 Source: InternetNews.com
The offering, dubbed Grub, is downloaded as a screensaver by a user or Webmaster from www.Grub.org. It taps idle processors on the user's computer to crawl Web sites, including the users' own. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
The trouble with LookSmart: flat click pricing
Date: 2003-05-07 Source: Traffick
I'm surprised that no one has put their finger on what may be the fundamental reason that LookSmart's progress has stalled after it saved its bacon with a shift into the pay- per-click model: its failure to adopt the same market principle that has driven the growth of competitors Overture, Google Adwords, and Findwhat. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Paid Inclusion Hot, LookSmart Not
Date: 2003-05-06 Source: InternetNews.com
The San Francisco-based paid inclusion provider said its earnings for the year, before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, would be $13 million, down considerably from the $22 to $25 million it had forecast. LookSmart said it still expects revenue in the $140 to $150 million range. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Building a Bigger Search Engine
Date: 2003-04-17 Source: Wired
LookSmart has ambitious plans to build a giant distributed supercomputer for indexing and searching the Net. Critics say the idea has potential flaws, but volunteers are already lining up to participate. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Help LookSmart Crawl the Web
Date: 2003-04-03 Source: SearchDay
LookSmart is taking a new approach to discovering web content, offering a free downloadable screensaver program that also crawls the web when your computer is idle. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Looksmart’s ambitious plans
Date: 2003-03-24 Source: PromotionData.com
The goal is to have enough distributed computing power to reindex their database of web pages every day. That would be a massive undertaking. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
LookSmart Renews Multi-Year Search Agreement with Road Runner
Date: 2003-03-06 Source: LookSmart
Under the extended agreement, LookSmart will provide Road Runner subscribers with editorially reviewed Web site results, powered by its award- winning WiseNut search technology. LookSmart will also provide keyword-based paid search listings in the Sponsored Listings section of RoadRunner search results. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Interview With Dakota Sullivan of LookSmartpop
Date: 2003-03-02 Source: Search Engine Guide
Mr. Sullivan reveals how the Yahoo/Inktomi deal will affect LookSmart, the new features LookSmart will be introducing for Small Business Listings customers shortly and why he thinks WiseNut is a better search engine partner for the major portals than Google. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
LookSmart Looks Ahead
Date: 2003-02-21 Source: eMarketer
Think search is good now? The market and technology are relatively in their infancy, according to LookSmart VP of Marketing Dakota Sullivan. He offers the inside track on what's coming. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
LookSmart Resolves Joint Venture and Related Debt
Date: 2002-12-04 Source: LookSmart
LookSmart today announced that it is restructuring its international operations. As part of the restructuring, LookSmart and BT Group have agreed to close their joint venture, BT LookSmart, which operates in the United Kingdom and Japan. LookSmart will continue to operate independently in both markets and will integrate parts of BT LookSmart into its core operations. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
LookSmart Aims To Mend Fences
Date: 2002-06-03 Source: SearchEngineWatch.com
Nearly two months into its new pay-per-click listing program, LookSmart has posted a letter on its web site from chairman and CEO Evan Thornley to answer questions and concerns from customers. The letter, made available last Friday, has also been circulated to various search engine forums. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
