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LookSmart Acquires WiseNut
LookSmart has always been more than just a web directory. They provide their search results to MSN Search. Today they announced that they're acquiring WiseNut, a newcomer in the search space.
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About.com Guides Suing About.com
About.com (formerly The Mining Company) parent company, Primedia, is being sued by its guides or editors.
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Netscape Goes Google
Another major company using Google for search results - Netscape Search.
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More on LookSmart Pay Per Click, AOL-Microsoft Battle
More coverage of LookSmart's recent move to paid search and a story about the browser wars.
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More on LookSmart, Court Backs AOL
LookSmart's move to push their directory members into a pay per click relationship is facing serious roadblocks, including a lawsuit.
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FTC Instructs Search Engines to Make Paid Listings Clear and Conspicuous, ICANN Board of Directors Stops Elections, Microsoft and Overture Extend Agreement, the Teoma Toolbar, LookSmart Leadership Exodus, and a bit about Gator
News covering the recent FTC Report to the search engines, the change at ICANN, Microsoft and Overture agreement, LookSmart Board changes, and more.
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Yahoo! Gets a New Look
Yahoo! launched it's new look last night! If you're still setting your browser at 640x480, you'll need to change your settings. That's good news for everyone, as it will eventually enable designers more flexibility.
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JoeAnt Creates a New Volunteer Culture
Interview with JoeAnt website directory founding editor explores JoeAnt's history, culture, and technology.
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After Nearly 5 Months, Open Directory Finally Working Again
The Open Directory search engine has been updated today for the first time since September of last year. The RDF is still not working, so Google and the many other directories that use DMOZ data still cannot update their directories.
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Yahoo! Acquires Inktomi
Yahoo agreed to buy Internet search pioneer Inktomi for about $235 million as part of an effort to expand its revenue sources.
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Microsoft Ends Agreement with LookSmart, The Market Reacts
Microsoft will end it's contractual relationship with LookSmart in mid-January (January 15) and will instead focus on building its own search tools. LookSmart gets almost 70 percent of it's quarterly revenue by licensing its search results to MSN, so end
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Yahoo! Debuts a New Look
This morning Yahoo! began offering a new home page design after previewing it for several days.
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Link Farms and Like Farms
A warning from Bing explaining why paying for a link building service is very risky.
