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LookSmart loses its largest customer
News Microsoft will not renew a contract to use LookSmart's Web search results on its MSN site, the search-technology provider announced on Monday. The loss of the MSN deal is a severe blow to LookSmart, given than Microsoft was its largest customer.
[October 7, 2003, 13:10]
LookSmart draws on desktop power
News LookSmart, a US-based online directory is hoping to spin a small acquisition into a big project that will use distributed computing to improve its Web search results. In January, LookSmart quietly bought the assets of Grub, an Oklahoma-based...
[March 21, 2003, 12:18]
Australian Mooter takes on Google
News Capper remained tight-lipped about which provider that might be, but it is probable that LookSmart Australia and Overture will be near the top of the list of contenders. Winning the deal would be a shot in the arm for LookSmart, which recently lost...
[October 21, 2003, 10:25]
Spyware's tentacles spread to search
News We have a blacklist of sites that (our partners) won't allow traffic from, and that list includes Clickthrutracking.com," LookSmart spokesman Dakota Sullivan said. LookSmart, an online search and directory service, said it recently investigated its...
[June 29, 2004, 12:50]
Yahoo's Overture may force Microsoft's hand
News LookSmart's stock price jumped nearly 25 percent to $4.21 on Monday, while FindWhat.com's shares closed up 12 cents to $23.11, after reaching a high of more than $25 during afternoon trading. Despite the blossoming commercial promise of Web search...
[July 15, 2003, 8:22]
If you've got the cash, Google's got the answer
News Online directory service LookSmart launched LookSmart Live in 1999, with free search help from editors. In yet another test of new services, Google is quietly wading into the expert-advice market, a lackluster business that proved too taxing for...
[April 22, 2002, 9:08]
Search engines own up to paid-for results
News Companies named in the complaint were AltaVista, AOL Time Warner, Direct Hit Technologies (owned by Ask Jeeves), iWon, LookSmart, Microsoft and Terra Lycos. Now, many sites, including Terra Lycos, LookSmart, Altavista and Ask Jeeves, are conforming...
[August 19, 2002, 13:12]
Dot-coms see gold in consumer data
News Other companies such as online advertising company Agency.com and search service LookSmart have recently introduced consulting and Web analytics divisions. LookSmart also announced a service last week to track, report and optimise online marketing...
[October 25, 2001, 9:46]
MSN gets on search bandwagon
News In partnership with pay-for-performance ad companies such as Overture Services, LookSmart and Google, major Web portals make money when people click on sponsored listings within search results, a model that has shown to be lucrative for all...
[February 12, 2003, 8:14]
Pop-up ads influence Web rankings
News Jupiter Media Metrix's September traffic figures indicate that online pharmacy network ABPharmacy.com ranked No.among US Web properties, beating out sites such as iWon.com and LookSmart. Pop-up ads continue to gain momentum and drive up traffic...
[October 16, 2001, 10:00]
Yahoo! launches advice site
News And online directory service LookSmart closed its live advice site after it became difficult to support during the online ad market slump. Yahoo! is hoping to offer some better advice. The online portal company is launching a new advice site Monday...
[April 30, 2002, 9:03]
Google agrees click fraud settlement
News Internet Group doing business as Go.com, LookSmart and Ask Jeeves, now known as Ask.com. Representatives from Yahoo, Lycos, LookSmart, Go.com and Miva could not be reached for comment or did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
[March 9, 2006, 8:20]
The Day Ahead: Go.com is going in the right direction
News Portals lower on the Media Metrix food chain -- Ask Jeeves, About.com, Go2Net and LookSmart.com -- all top Go in market cap. Go.com reported a smaller-than-expected loss of 47 cents a share in the second quarter and topped Wall Street expectations...
[May 4, 2000, 12:58]
SubmitWolf
Downloads It includes engines such as Altavista, AllTheWeb, HotBot, LookSmart, MSN, Overture, Slider.com, whatUseek and many others. Trellian has partnered with many top search engines, including AltaVista, AllTheWeb, HotBot, LookSmart, MSN, Overture...
[February 8, 2007, 6:00]
How Google changed the rules
News LookSmart shares have fallen more than 60 percent to $2.46 and $4.09, respectively. Though the market has seen a few leaders come and go over the last decade — anyone remember AltaVista? few would doubt that a distinct top tier has emerged...
[December 6, 2005, 16:50]
Billionaire backs new search tool
News Like previous generations of metasearch engines, IceRocket relies on some of its primary rivals, ranging from Yahoo and Ask Jeeves' Teoma to littler sites, including LookSmart's WiseNut. Broadcast.com founder and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban...
[August 5, 2004, 9:00]
Google protects its search results
News It faces competition from a raft of search newcomers offering twists on its successful formula such as Ask Jeeves' Teoma and LookSmart's WiseNut. Dimandja Emoungu got a surprise when he tried to search Google this month: Instead of a results list...
[April 16, 2002, 14:47]
Ask Jeeves renews international quest
News Hiro Takashiokawa, former chief executive of LookSmart Japan and board member of Transcosmos, will head up the new company. Ask Jeeves on Monday unveiled a Japanese Web site, the search company's first international venture in four years.
[August 24, 2004, 8:20]
The Day Ahead: Hack attacks become branding for Net firms
News We can see the press release now, "LookSmart suffers hack attack, we're important too. LookSmart hasn't gotten a lot of press lately and should be holding out an "attack us" sign. The great hack-a-thon (see Denial of Service round-up) continues as...
[February 10, 2000, 11:53]
The Day Ahead: Ready, set, rollup
News Ask Jeeves, which lost 53 cents on sales of $23m in the fourth quarter, could query LookSmart or some other company about a merger. Usually not, but it's worth a shot when the chips are down. Welcome to rollup season.
[February 9, 2001, 12:08]
