Prior to Blekko, Skrenta monetized page views at about $3 to $4 CPMs on Topix, a news aggregator which he sold to the Tribune. Startup search engine Blekko has recently begun to test search ads on its site, according to MediaPost.
Topix, the local news and commentary site, tapped Blekko earlier this month to power its search results. While Yahoo recently announced plans to join Google and Bing in retaining search logs for 18 months, Blekko has gone in the opposite direction...
Blekko Powers Topix Search - Blekko Blog Here's a roundup of today's other search news and headlines from around the web. Search Industry News A More Obvious Sign Out Link - Google Operating System Google Dissolves Search Group Internally, Now...
Previously, Skrenta and Markson had built Topix. Why do I think someone has launched a PR campaign? As Auric Goldfinger tells James Bond in the movide Goldfinger (1964), "They have a saying in Chicago: Once is happenstance.
Local product data provider Krillion announced it will distribute ads and product inventory content across Topix.com's hyper-local news network (claims 16 million unique visitors). This will take the form of "local best deals" sections on many of...
One site with quality and depth of content is Topix. Topix has close to 12 million pages indexed in Google. However, Topix aggregates enough content to make their pages unique: thus the number eight listing on Google for "Denver News.
However, the other five included Topix and The Washington Post, so it's not clear that you can read anything between the lines here. According to an exclusive story in the National Journal Online, John McCain has outspent Barack Obama for two...
These things aren't easy to build from scratch -- just ask Yelp, Topix, Angie's List, or Citysearch. This is why my ears perked up during The Kelsey Group's Drilling Down on Local conference when SEO was mentioned by Rob Barrett of the Los Angeles...
One site with quality and depth of content is Topix. Topix has close to one million pages indexed in Google. However, Topix aggregates enough content to make their pages unique: thus the number eight listing on Google for "Denver News.
Topix Refocuses on Place Bloggers and UGC, The Kelsey Group Find out here, with these links to some of the latest topics being discussed in our own Search Engine Watch Forums, and other search marketing forums across the Web:
Topix Refocuses on Place Bloggers and UGC, The Kelsey Group Want a snapshot of the day's search marketing news? Here we've collected today's top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with search-related headlines from around...
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. By Kevin Newcomb News Editor, Search Engine Watch Copyright 2007, Incisive Interactive...
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. We've collected all the search marketing news from selected posts to the Search Engine...
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. Want a snapshot of the day's search marketing news?
Rich Skrenta, CEO of news aggregator and local search site Topix since its launch five years ago, is stepping down from his position, but retain a seat on Topix's board. He'll be succeeded by Chris Tolles, who has been VP of marketing at Topix...
The Topix.net Weblog ranks #35. A tip of the hat to Ed Kohler over at Technology Evangelist for spotting that Technorati has a new way to rank blogs. Before last Friday, Technorati's ranking was by the number of inbound links.
PR.com already distributed press releases to Google News, Topix.com, and other smaller news search engines. PR.com has announced several upgrades and enhancements to its press release distribution service.
Rich Skrenta, Google, Vertical SearchRich Skrenta, CEO of Topix, recently offered up some strategies for beating Google. Topix Relaunches as Citizen Journalism SiteTopix is repositioning and relaunching its local news aggregation site as a citizen...
Topix Relaunches as Citizen Journalism Site Topix is repositioning and relaunching its local news aggregation site as a citizen journalism network. Editor, Search Engine Watch Copyright (c) 2007 Incisive Interactive Marketing LLC
Rich Skrenta, Google, Vertical SearchRich Skrenta, CEO of Topix, recently offered up some strategies for beating Google. Topix Relaunches as Citizen Journalism SiteTopix is repositioning and relaunching its local news aggregation site as a citizen...
