Type of site | Reference |
---|---|
Owner | CBS Interactive |
Created by | LookSmart |
URL | FindArticles |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | 2000 |
FindArticles was a website which provided access to articles previously published in over 3,000 magazines, newspapers, journals, business reports and other sources. [1] [2] [3] The site offered free and paid content through the HighBeam Research database. [1] In 2007, FindArticles accessed over 11 million resource articles, going back to 1998. [4]
As it grew, FindArticles moved away from an all-free model driven by advertising [5] [6] to a mixture of free and paid content. [7]
FindArticles was founded in 2000 [8] as a partnership between LookSmart, which authored the search technology, and the Gale Group, which provided the articles for a fee. [5] [9] [10]
By early-August 2000, the FindArticles database contained more than 862,000 articles and by September 2000, the database contained more than 1 million articles. [11]
In September 2004, HighBeam Research announced that it would make 1 million premium articles from its database accessible via FindArticles. [12] By May 2005, FindArticles contained more than 5 million articles in its database. [13]
In November 2006, FindArticles reported over 17.6 million unique visitors to their site. [14] In April 2007, LookSmart partnered with Blinkx to power FindArticles' video search results. [14]
FindArticles remained a part of LookSmart throughout the various changes in that company until it was sold to CNET Networks for $20.5 million on November 9, 2007, as part of a larger sell-off of LookSmart properties. [4] [7] [15]
Looksmart's need to offload non-critical assets in the wake of poor corporate performance, along with CNET's commensurate desire to expand its library of offerings, motivated the deal. [4] FindArticles' SEO value—i.e., the frequency with which its articles appear as search engine results—likely factored into the final purchase price. [4] [16]
FindArticles had been part of the BNET division of CNET Networks [2] and is currently owned by CBS Interactive. [8]
Type of site | Reference |
---|---|
Owner | CBS Interactive |
Created by | LookSmart |
URL | FindArticles |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | 2000 |
FindArticles was a website which provided access to articles previously published in over 3,000 magazines, newspapers, journals, business reports and other sources. [1] [2] [3] The site offered free and paid content through the HighBeam Research database. [1] In 2007, FindArticles accessed over 11 million resource articles, going back to 1998. [4]
As it grew, FindArticles moved away from an all-free model driven by advertising [5] [6] to a mixture of free and paid content. [7]
FindArticles was founded in 2000 [8] as a partnership between LookSmart, which authored the search technology, and the Gale Group, which provided the articles for a fee. [5] [9] [10]
By early-August 2000, the FindArticles database contained more than 862,000 articles and by September 2000, the database contained more than 1 million articles. [11]
In September 2004, HighBeam Research announced that it would make 1 million premium articles from its database accessible via FindArticles. [12] By May 2005, FindArticles contained more than 5 million articles in its database. [13]
In November 2006, FindArticles reported over 17.6 million unique visitors to their site. [14] In April 2007, LookSmart partnered with Blinkx to power FindArticles' video search results. [14]
FindArticles remained a part of LookSmart throughout the various changes in that company until it was sold to CNET Networks for $20.5 million on November 9, 2007, as part of a larger sell-off of LookSmart properties. [4] [7] [15]
Looksmart's need to offload non-critical assets in the wake of poor corporate performance, along with CNET's commensurate desire to expand its library of offerings, motivated the deal. [4] FindArticles' SEO value—i.e., the frequency with which its articles appear as search engine results—likely factored into the final purchase price. [4] [16]
FindArticles had been part of the BNET division of CNET Networks [2] and is currently owned by CBS Interactive. [8]