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LookSmart selects DatingClub as its Exclusive Personals Content Provider
03/16/99
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San Francisco, CA, Mar. 16, 1999 - LookSmartSM, the Internet's leading category-based Web directory, today announced that the DatingClub, an online community that brings people together, will provide content for the LookSmart Personals page. By clicking the "Personals" link on www.looksmart.com, users can a...
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LookSmart Expands Management Team with New Chief Financial Officer and Vice President Corporate Development
03/16/99
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San Francisco, CA, Mar. 16, 1999 - LookSmartSM, a leading Web directory and search tool, today announced the addition of two key hires to its management team. Patricia Cole joins LookSmart as chief financial officer and is charged with managing the general financial aspects of the company and its investor relations...
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MSN Makes Search Offering More Robust With LookSmart's Comprehensive Category and Site Listings
02/09/99
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Redmond, WA, Feb. 9, 1999 - Microsoft Corp. today announced it has named LookSmartSM, the Internet's leading category-based Web directory, as the primary provider of Web directory content for the MSN(TM) network of Internet services. The licensing agreement will help strengthen the search and navigation features of...
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LookSmart is Named Category Search Provider for N2H2's Searchopolis Portal
01/26/99
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San Francisco, CA, January 26, 1999 - LookSmart has been selected by N2H2, Inc., to bring the Internet's leading category-based Web directory to Searchopolis, the Internet's first search engine and resource portal created specifically for K-12 students, teachers and families. Utilizing LookSmart's comprehensive database of Web site listings...
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LookSmart Selects Direct Hit for Popular Internet Search Technology
01/25/99
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Wellesley, MA, January 25, 1999 - Direct Hit Technologies, Inc., provider of the Popularity Engine, a revolutionary Internet search technology, today announced an agreement to provide search technology to LookSmart, the Internet's leading category-based Web directory, found at www.looksmart.com. LookSmartSM will us...
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LookSmart Launches Print Advertising Campaign
01/11/99
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San Francisco, CA, January 11, 1999 - LookSmartSM, the Internet's leading category-based Web directory and a top 20 Web property, today launched a year-long print advertising awareness campaign targeting potential Web site partners, internet service providers (ISPs) and media buyers. A series of full-page a...
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LookSmart Named Preferred Search Provider for Award-winning IBM Internet Connection Services
12/21/98
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San Francisco, CA, December 21, 1998 - LookSmartSM, a leading Web directory and search tool, today announced it has been named the preferred search provider for IBM Internet Connection Services, one of the world's leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs). IBM customers will be able to easily search through...
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LookSmart Turns Away Pornographic Advertising
12/21/98
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San Francisco, CA, December 21, 1998 - LookSmart the Internet's leading category-based Web directory, today announced it will not accept pornographic advertisements on LookSmart.com. This reflects LookSmart's focus on serving its growing mainstream audience, which is currently 60 percent female, according to recent NPD survey statistics. As more ne...
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'Tis the Season for TechnogivingTM
12/17/98
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San Francisco, CA, December 17, 1998 - LookSmartSM, the Internet's leading directory of Web sites, today announced an exclusive multi-year co-marketing partnership in the search category with iGive.comTM, inc. that will enable users to support their own personal favorite cause by shopping online via www.looksmart.c...
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LookSmart Builds on its Rapid Growth with New Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of e-commerce
12/15/98
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San Francisco, CA, December 15, 1998 - LookSmart Limited, a leading Web directory and search tool, today announced the addition of two key hires to its growing management team. David Neylon joins LookSmart as chief operating officer and is charged with managing the company's growth, focusing on engineering, finance, sales, syndication, and distribu...
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LookSmart Launches Local Directories
12/08/98
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San Francisco, CA, December 8, 1998 - LookSmart Limited, the Internet's leading directory of Web sites, today introduced the addition of localized search capabilities in 65 U.S. markets, making LookSmart the most comprehensive provider of quality local Web sites. The localized searches are mini-directories that enable users to tab back and ...
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LookSmart Taps Mantra Technologies to Enhance Directory Search
12/01/98
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San Francisco, CA, December, 1998 - LookSmart Limited, a leading Web directory and search tool, announced today it is deploying Mantra Technologies' Context Synthesis™ technology to further enhance the quality of searches in its editorially selected Web directory. Mantra Technologies' next-generation navigation technology extracts and ...
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LookSmart Secures $8.3 Million From Major Media Company and Venture Capital Firms
05/14/98
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San Francisco, CA, May 14, 1998 - LookSmart has closed a second round of financing, securing $8.3 million from Cox Interactive Media and venture capital firms, Walden International Investment Group and Australian Mezzanine Investments. This deal completes the management buyout from LookSmart's former primary investor, The Reader's Digest Associatio...
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HotBot Latest Internet Leader to Join Forces with LookSmart
02/17/98
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San Francisco, CA, February 17, 1998 - LookSmart Limited has announced a new partnership with Wired Digital's HotBot Search Service. The partnership will give HotBot users category search capabilities and direct access to LookSmart's editorially reviewed database—the largest in the world—and its hierarchical subject menus that divide online content...
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LookSmart To Power Erols' Category Search
01/29/98
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San Francisco, CA, January 29, 1998 - Erols, one of the top ten Internet Service Providers in the United States based on dial-up subscribers, has chosen LookSmart to be the primary web directory for its 293,000 users. LookSmart Limited, an Internet publishing company providing category-based World Wide Web navigation services to hundreds of thousan...
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Digital Partners With LookSmart To Expand Search Service
01/20/98
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San Francisco, CA, January 20, 1998 - In a move to expand AltaVista Search Network's capabilities, Digital Equipment Corporation today announced a new subject-based search function, "AltaVista Subject Search" powered by LookSmart. LookSmart Limited, an Internet publishing company providing World Wide Web navigation services to hundreds of thousands...
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@Home Selects LookSmart as Premier Internet Directory Partner
12/15/97
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San Francisco, CA, December 15, 1997 - LookSmart Limited, an Internet publishing company providing World Wide Web navigation services to hundreds of thousands each day, has been selected by @Home to be the web directory for its users. The two year agreement provides @Home Network, the high velocity Internet service that operates hundreds of times f...
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Yack! Signs Distribution Agreement with LookSmart
12/08/97
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New York, NY, December 8, 1997 - Yack! Inc., publisher of Yack! - The Ultimate Guide to Internet Chat, announced today that it has signed an international syndication and distribution agreement with LookSmart Limited, an Internet publishing company providing navigation services on the World Wide Web. Under the terms of the agreement Yack! I...
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LookSmart Launches Australia's Biggest Internet Search Directory
11/06/97
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Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, November 6, 1997 - Australian Internet leader LookSmart International today launches LookSmart Australia (http://www.looksmart.com.au) the biggest and most comprehensive online Internet directory yet seen in the country. The launch heralds a major development for the Australian Internet market from a company which ha...
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Alston, Stockdale acclaim LookSmart as Australian Internet success story
11/05/97
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Australia, November 5, 1997 - Speaking at today's launch of Australia's biggest new online Internet directory, LookSmart Australia (http://www.looksmart.com.au), the Victorian Treasurer and Minister for Multimedia the Hon. Alan Stockdale MLA said that LookSmart set an example for other Victorian and Australian information and technology companies t...
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