LookSmart seems be trimming their suite of search related products as they have closed the doors on the Wisenut.com website, which was once a respected search engine technology and helped to power LookSmart search.
Wisenet has been swept under the carpet for years as LookSmart has repositioned itself as a paid search network & enterprise technology, […]
Entries from September 2007
LookSmart Closes Wisenut Search Engine
September 30th, 2007 by Loren Baker, Editor | 1 Comment
Jason Calacanis Confirmed as Keynote Speaker for Affiliate Summit West 2008
September 29th, 2007 by CarstenCumbrowski | 5 Comments
Sam Harrelson broke the story over at ReveNews that Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo, has been confirmed as the keynote for this winter’s Affiliate Summit West in Las Vegas, NV (February 24 to 26, 2008 at the Rio Hotel and Casino).
He must have received notice of that via email or twitter, because the official Affiliate […]
Has Google Street View Hit London?
September 28th, 2007 by Loren Baker, Editor | 7 Comments
[Photo from Dvorak.org, which broke the story]
These black Volkswagon Beetles with video cameras mounted on them have been seen patroling the streets of London, capturing footage of unsuspecting innocents. Is Google behind this?
Expect Google Street Views of London popping up sometime soon on Google UK.
Google Tests Search By Time, Week, Month & Year
September 28th, 2007 by Loren Baker, Editor | 5 Comments
Google is testing the ability to search its web search by time, such as posts in the last 24 hours, week, month and incremental months and years.
Freshness is becoming more of an important trait in ranking and more and more sites are adding blogs, news rooms and articles to keep up with the demand. With […]
10 Steps AOL Should Take to Reinvent the Open Directory Project (DMOZ)
September 28th, 2007 by Loren Baker, Editor | 7 Comments
Lately AOL has been taking some intriguing steps in their relationship building with the website publishing and marketing world. This week, AOL’s controversial Netscape Open Directory Project took a peep from behind the curtain and launched the Open Directory Project Blog.
Why? DMOZ and AOL have been very silent while bloggers have been exposing the […]
The Beginning of the End for Incentivized Lead-Generation Online
September 28th, 2007 by Pablo Palatnik | 2 Comments
If you’ve read my previous post on Valueclick and its lead generation practices, you already know about my experience with incentivized leads the ad network delivered. Valueclick is not the only company under scrutiny by the FTC, reports ClickZ.
“At a conference in New York yesterday, an Internet industry stock analyst familiar with several […]
Google Goes Shopping Again, Buys Zingku
September 28th, 2007 by Arnold Zafra | No Comments
The Google Operating Systems Blog got the scoop today that Google has acquired mobile social networking site, Zingku. Zingku’s site has a small note informing users that indeed the company has entered into an agreement with Google.
We’ve entered into an agreement to have Google acquire our Zingku service.
New users: […]
3 Reasons Google Analytics Fails for SEO
September 27th, 2007 by Eric Lander, Associate Editor | 33 Comments
If you are serious about search engine optimization, Google Analytics is NOT for you. I know it’s tough to look past the (non-existent) price tag, ease of use and conversion tools — but trust me when I say that Google Analytics is a flawed program for your needs.
#1 - Limitations of Technology
The first trouble […]
Yahoo Search Lands DivX Software Distribution Partnership
September 27th, 2007 by Loren Baker, Editor | No Comments
Yahoo and DivX have formed a global agreement to offer consumers who download DivX video software tools a co-branded version of the Yahoo Toolbar along with a Yahoo tools loaded version of Internet Explorer 7.
The new Yahoo partnered DivX tools will launch in November 2007 and will replace the Google search tools which were distributed […]
The New Microsoft Live Search
September 27th, 2007 by Loren Baker, Editor | No Comments
Microsoft hosted its Searchification Day yesterday and unveiled its new multi-tier, media integrated Live Search experience.
We’ll be having a wrap-up on the new Microsoft Search, but in the meantime, I’d like to direct you to former Googler Vanessa Fox’s excellent account & coverage from the event on Search Engine Land : Live Blogging: Microsoft […]
