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On the Web
- 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.
- Search Engine Showdown: Review of LookSmart - Greg R. Notess 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.
- Pandia: LookSmart and Zeal Directories Unite - LookSmart has integrated the listings from the volunteer-based Zeal directory.
- 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.
- 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.
- Does This Look Smart? - Discusses Looksmart's change to a pay per click advertising service and the associated removal of sites from the index.
- LookSmart Press Room - Contains the latest news about LookSmart's business developments, new products and strategic partnerships.
- 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.
- 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.
Wikipedia Articles
- Zeal (web) - Zeal was a volunteer-built web directory, first appearing in 1999, and then acquired by LookSmart in October 2000 for $20 million. Zeal combined the work of Looksmart's paid editors with that of volunteers who profiled websites and placed them in a hierarchy of subcategories.
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- MyWay Searchbar - MyWay Searchbar, also known as MyWay Speedbar, is a search toolbar program that allows the user to query Google, Ask Jeeves, Yahoo!, and LookSmart search engines.
- Evan Thornley - Evan Thornley (born 1965), Australian businessman and politician, was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for the Australian Labor Party at the 2006 Victorian state election. He was a founder (with his wife, Tracey Ellery) and former Chairman and CEO of internet company Looksmart Ltd.