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LookSmart owns an internet directory, Wisenut search engine, experimental Grub distributed web-crawling project, FindArticles premium content search and NetNanny desktop parental controls software.
LookSmart was founded by Australian husband and wife Evan Thornley and Tracey Ellery in 1995. They both served as senior executives of Looksmart, but are no longer executives or on the Board of Directors of the company.
While LookSmart was historically a "directory" of websites, relying on both editorial staff and the Zeal community directory, this ended with the closure of Zeal in 2006.
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LookSmart Delivers Enhanced Search Network Quality - MarketWatch
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:32:50 -0000
LookSmart Delivers Enhanced Search Network QualityMarketWatch - Oct 1, 2008"Our LookSmart Network Management team weighs user conversion data and employs statistical models to gauge network quality and reporting in real time ...
Cooley Adds 15 Corporate and Technology Partners, Expands to Seattle - MarketWatch
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:04:57 -0000
Cooley Adds 15 Corporate and Technology Partners, Expands to SeattleMarketWatch - 49 minutes ago... Inc., Macrovision Solutions, Seattle Genetics, Inc., SonoSite, Inc., LookSmart, Phoenix Technologies, Ltd., Airespace and Xunlight Corporation. ...
We Are What We Google - Forbes
Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:52:42 -0000
We Are What We GoogleForbes, NY - Sep 17, 2008In 2002, Tancer, a former Navy prosecutor, was working for the search engine LookSmart when he discovered the recently-launched start-up Hitwise. ...
Cooley Adds 15 Corporate and Technology Partners, Expands to Seattle - International Business Times
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:19:34 -0000
Cooley Adds 15 Corporate and Technology Partners, Expands to SeattleInternational Business Times, NY - 35 minutes ago... Inc.,Macrovision Solutions, Seattle Genetics, Inc., SonoSite, Inc., LookSmart,Phoenix Technologies, Ltd., Airespace and Xunlight Corporation. ...
Search Marketing Expert Patricia Neuray Joins Business.com as VP ... - CNNMoney.com (press release)
Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:07:01 -0000
CRM TodaySearch Marketing Expert Patricia Neuray Joins Business.com as VP ...CNNMoney.com (press release) - Sep 23, 2008Neuray is an accomplished sales executive with more than 20 years of success in online sales at big search engines like Yahoo and LookSmart. ...Pluris Names Marketing Services Veteran Bob Fetter As VP Of Sales CRM Todayall 7 news articles
PurePlay CEO Discusses Future of Online Poker - Poker News Daily
Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:02:12 -0000
PurePlay CEO Discusses Future of Online PokerPoker News Daily, NV - Sep 21, 2008Kellerman: Most recently I was the CEO of LookSmart (NASD: LOOK), an internet search engine that provided web search for companies like Microsoft, ...
LookSmart - Offers 180+ vertical search sites, each on its own domain. Content from its own web search, FindArticles and Furl, with related news provided by Topix. Company profile and information for searchers, publishers and advertisers.
Meta Description: [ LookSmart is a leader in online advertising and technology, providing premium and performance solutions for advertisers, publishers, and consumers. ]
WiseNut - Owned by Looksmart. Search results are clustered into categories. Preferences settings include search by language and a filter to remove adult content.
Actdumb - Provides links to articles and forums discussing the change by LookSmart to a pay per click service.
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CNet News: Microsoft Drops LookSmart Search Tool - The software giant is ending its deal to use LookSmart's listings on its MSN pages, as it gets ready to push its own Web search technology.
Meta Description: [ Microsoft drops LookSmart search tool | The software giant is ending its deal to use LookSmart's listings on its MSN pages, as it gets ready to push its own Web search technology. | October 6, 2003, 4:40 PM PT | Jim Hu ]
Does This Look Smart? - Discusses Looksmart's change to a pay per click advertising service and the associated removal of sites from the index.
Meta Description: [ Looksmart dumps thousands of sites from the directory and calls it an upgrade ]
LookListings - The official site of LookSmart's search engine optimization services. Choose to submit a site or build a marketing campaign.
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Looks Can Be Deceiving - Article examining and criticising Looksmart's change to a pay-per-click service.
Meta Description: [ Search engines and directories have done some pretty shifty things over the years, but never before have I seen such arrogance or disdain for customers as Looksmart have shown in the past two weeks. ]
LookSmart Answer Their Critics - Transcript of an interview with LookSmart.com.au CEO Damian Smith discussing the change of LookSmart.com to a pay per click service.
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LookSmart Changes To Cost-Per-Click Listings - Provides information about the LookSmart switch to a pay per click service, how it may affect the relevancy of search results, and possible sources of confusion for website owners and marketers.
Meta Description: [ Pay -- and keep paying -- or don't appear, LookSmart told existing and new listing customers last month, in a significant change to how the human-powered search engine lists web pages from commercial web sites. ]
LookSmart Looks Dumb Again - Discusses the problems with Looksmart's decision to upgrade paid listings to a pay-per-click program.
Meta Description: [ After all is said and done, LookSmart listing clients appear to have paid $299 for the privilege of having the rules changed on them. They're now being asked to pay 15 cents a click, forevermore. Some ]
Pandia: LookSmart and Zeal Directories Unite - LookSmart has integrated the listings from the volunteer-based Zeal directory.
Meta Description: [ Pandia Search World News - LookSmart has integrated the listings from the volunteer-based Zeal directory ]
Search Engine Showdown: Review of LookSmart - Greg R. Notess reviews search and display features of LookSmart.
Meta Description: [ Reviews search and display features of LookSmart. ]
The New LookSmart PPC Program - Pandia reviews the LookSmart pay-per click program and strategies for dealing with it.
Meta Description: [ LookSmart goes pay per click. ]
The Search Lounge: When Giant Directories Roamed the Earth - Dave Jansik, Senior Ontologist and Content Producer at LookSmart.com, explains the history of the Looksmart directory and considers the future of directories.
Wired News: Building a Bigger Search Engine - LookSmart has released a screensaver that harnesses the spare computing power of volunteers whose machines are indexing the Web.
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Wired News: Seething Over the Search for Cash - Article examining the criticism of Looksmart's decision to change their business model and directory to pay-per-click advertising.
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| Interview with Dave Hills, CEO of LookSmart |
