Blekko CEO RichSkrenta confirmed the change to a subscription model and told Search Engine Land, “We offer the only web-wide set of ranking, backlinks, anchortext, duptext, and other associated raw ranking data which is validated by an associated...
A few of the searches are linked to slashtags that help curate content, according to RichSkrenta, Blekko founder and CEO. We're still ironing out the kinks," Skrenta said. Skrenta estimates search traffic is worth between $50 and $100 CPMs.
RichSkrenta, CEO of Blekko, believes the solution lies in new web technology, including ideas of expert search curation (as presented by Blekko search), social vetting (as with Facebook), and user-driven responses to questions (as with Quora).
CEO RichSkrenta noted that the products Apple has brought to market have done far more damage to Microsoft than the Department of Justice lawsuit they faced in the 1990s. The success of Google should be applauded on Capitol Hill, not derided...
In the official press release, RichSkrenta, CEO of Blekko, stated, "Foodily’s trusted community of cooks and food lovers will be a tremendous resource to Blekko searchers. Foodily has an established reputation in the recipe field, especially when...
It's a tremendous opportunity to partner with a great brand and an outstanding product that delivers such an awesome experience for its readers," said RichSkrenta, CEO of blekko. We hope we can make the experience even better by pointing Flipboard...
Byron Gordon, SEO-PR, interviews RichSkrenta, CEO of Blekko, on the exhibitor floor at SES New York 2011. Mike Grehan, VP, global content director, with Incisive Media, interviews SES New York 2011 keynoter, Duncan Watts, Yahoo!
Google didn't actually take anyone out, they just reshuffled the deck," RichSkrenta, chief executive of Blekko, told the New York Times. If you make a machine to print money [an ad network], people will exploit it," Skrenta said.
She said, "RichSkrenta, Blekko's co-founder and chief executive, says that since Google started, the Web has been overrun by unhelpful sites full of links and keywords that push them to the top of Google's search results but offer little relevant...
The reasoning for the spam clock, according to Blekko CEO RichSkrenta: In an effort to combat web spam, Blekko will block from its search results 20 of the worst-offending SERP clogging content farms, including Demand Media's eHow and Answerbag...
The main panel will have Matt Cutts, Google's Spam Czar, Harry Shum, not the "Glee" cast member but the head of Core Search Development of Microsoft, and replacing what once would have been a rep from Yahoo or Ask, co-founder and CEO of Blekko...
Pursuing the vision to create a 'spam-free' search engine RichSkrenta, Blekko founder, realized that they were missing a trick. Rather than relying on searchers becoming Blekko power users in order to experience the benefits of curated search, why...
RichSkrenta's search engine startup, Blekko, will be acquired by Yahoo even before it comes out of beta. Justified or not, there will be renewed calls for investigations into forms of "bias" in how Google serves up content, how it downgrades the...
Matt goes on to provide a couple of examples, one of which uses RichSkrenta's blog to show that a blog post he had been reading made it into the Google index in less than 1 hour after it was posted. In the case of the RichSkrenta blog, the...
Skrenta Steps Down at TopixRich Skrenta, CEO of news aggregator and local search site Topix since its launch five years ago, is stepping down from his position. Marchex Launches Content-Rich Direct-Navigation StrategyMarchex today launched 100,000...
Skrenta Steps Down at TopixRich Skrenta, CEO of news aggregator and local search site Topix since its launch five years ago, is stepping down from his position. Marchex Launches Content-Rich Direct-Navigation StrategyMarchex today launched 100,000...
RichSkrenta, Google, Vertical SearchRich Skrenta, CEO of Topix, recently offered up some strategies for beating Google. Google Settles Copyright Suit Over Google NewsGoogle has settled a copyright suit filed by French news agency Agence France...
Not Topix.net's RichSkrenta, that's for sure. Yahoo Launches Mobile Publishers ServicesYahoo is releasing some tools for publishers to submit their content to the OneSearch index or Yahoo Mobile Media Directory, and to sign up to show ads on their...
Not Topix.net's RichSkrenta, that's for sure. Yahoo Launches Mobile Publishers ServicesYahoo is releasing some tools for publishers to submit their content to the OneSearch index or Yahoo Mobile Media Directory, and to sign up to show ads on their...
Throughout the week, Gray plans to release interviews with George Kepnick, RichSkrenta, RC Jordan, Matt McGee, Rae Hoffman, Justilien Gaspard, Merrick Lozano, Carolyn Shelby, Greg Hartnett, Brad Geddes, Mike Belasco, Lyndon Antcliff, Jeremy...