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Actdumb
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Provides links to articles and forums discussing the change by LookSmart to a pay per click service.
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LookSmart
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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.
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Search Engine Showdown: Review of LookSmart
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Greg R. Notess reviews search and display features of LookSmart.
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Wired News: Building a Bigger Search Engine
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LookSmart has released a screensaver that harnesses the spare computing power of volunteers whose machines are indexing the Web.
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LookSmart Looks Dumb Again
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Discusses the problems with Looksmart's decision to upgrade paid listings to a pay-per-click program.
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Looks Can Be Deceiving
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Article examining and criticising Looksmart's change to a pay-per-click service.
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Does This Look Smart?
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Discusses Looksmart's change to a pay per click advertising service and the associated removal of sites from the index.
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LookSmart Answer Their Critics
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Transcript of an interview with LookSmart.com.au CEO Damian Smith discussing the change of LookSmart.com to a pay per click service.
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The New LookSmart PPC Program
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Pandia reviews the LookSmart pay-per click program and strategies for dealing with it.
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Wired News: Seething Over the Search for Cash
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Article examining the criticism of Looksmart's decision to change their business model and directory to pay-per-click advertising.
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CNet News: Microsoft Drops LookSmart Search Tool
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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.
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LookSmart Changes To Cost-Per-Click Listings
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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.
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The Search Lounge: When Giant Directories Roamed the Earth
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Dave Jansik, Senior Ontologist and Content Producer at LookSmart.com, explains the history of the Looksmart directory and considers the future of directories.
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Pandia: LookSmart and Zeal Directories Unite
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LookSmart has integrated the listings from the volunteer-based Zeal directory.
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WiseNut
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Owned by Looksmart. Search results are clustered into categories. Preferences settings include search by language and a filter to remove adult content.
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