Looking Up Vertical Search Lines

by | Mar 30, 2005 | Search

Vertical search refers to search engines designed to return results from very narrow or specific information or business sectors. Search tools that focus on a tight regime of information have existed for years. There are plenty of examples that already exist such as...

Is There a Future for LookSmart?

by | Jan 14, 2005 | Search

Former search giant LookSmart has reissued investor guidance numbers for the last quarter of 2004. Posting lower revenues than expected, the beleaguered firm admitted it overestimated potential revenues by about $2million and underestimated quarterly losses by about...

SEO Technique Update – Google/Yahoo/Ask (June 2004)

by | Jun 16, 2004 | Tips

Every few months it is a good idea to review SEO techniques in light of changes in the ranking algorithms used by the major search engines. As of today, there are only two major organic search tools we worry about, Google, and Yahoo. Both of these search tools look at...

MSN Inks New LookSmart Deal

by | Mar 19, 2004 | Search

MSN has inked a deal with LookSmart to display LookSmart results in place of Inktomi results from time to time. The deal, which was finalized early this week, allows MSN to transfer from results drawn from the Inktomi database to results fed by LookSmart whenever MSN...