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Microsoft Buys Travel Search Engine Farecast For $75-$100 Million - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 17 Apr 2008 05:17 PM PST

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has bought travel search engine Farecast the company told SeattlePI, after the paper reported a few days ago that the site had been sold to an unknown…

Search Start-Up Cuill Raises $25 Million Second Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 15 Apr 2008 01:17 PM PST

Cuill, a start-up promising “a new approach to search”, has raised a big $25 million second round led by Madrone Capital Partners. It previously raised $8 million from Tugboat Ventures…

Local Searcher Grayboxx Sells To Competitor BayAdvisor - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Sun 13 Apr 2008 01:35 PM PST

Grayboxx, a local search start-up, has been sold to Bayadvisor, which also operates in the same area, according to VentureBeat. The Saratoga, CA-based company offers a pretty straightforward service, by…

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Israeli Search Marketer Kenshoo Raises Second Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 09 Apr 2008 10:48 PM PST

Kenshoo, an Israeli search engine marketer, has raised an unspecified second round from VC firm Arts Alliance. The investment follows closely on the heals of its first round, from Sequoia,…

Google-Yahoo Ad Test: A Gimmick To Thwart Microsoft—Or Simply Surrender? - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 09 Apr 2008 08:30 PM PST

A number of online ad industry execs expressed extreme skepticism that Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is serious about pursuing a larger, more long-term outsourcing arrangement with Google on paid search. Yahoo…

IAC Search Site Rushmore Drive Launches; More Organic Sites To Come; FiLife Still Alive - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 09 Apr 2008 08:16 PM PST

RushmoreDrive, the black-oriented search, news and jobs site incubated inside IAC (NSDQ: IACI), makes its debut to the world tomorrow. Tonight, the new site was feted at a stylish event…

Microsoft On Google-Yahoo Tie-Up: Google To Have 90 Percent Of Ad Market; Market Less Competitive - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 09 Apr 2008 01:45 PM PST

Microsoft has weighed in on this evening’s announcement, claiming that the agreement gives Google (NSDQ: GOOG) 90 percent of the online ad market, and thus makes the market “far less…

Marin Software Raises $7.25 Million Second Round For Search Marketing Software - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 08 Apr 2008 11:45 AM PST

Marin Software, a provider of web-based software to manage search marketing campaigns, has raised a $7.25 million second round led by Benchmark Capital. The company’s first round has not been…

Google Et Al Must Try Harder On Privacy, EU Says - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 08 Apr 2008 03:24 AM PST

Europe’s Article 29 Working Party on data privacy, which advises the European Commission executive, has concluded search engines should reduce the time for which they store users’ records to six…

Interview: Matt Spiegel, CEO, OMG Digital: Expanding The Agency’s Interactive Lexicon - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 07 Apr 2008 12:34 PM PST

It’s fitting that Matt Spiegel, who took on the role of CEO of Omnicom Media Group Digital last week, has been focused on search and analytics for the last few…

Yahoo Makes Strategic Investment In Vlingo; Will Use For Voice-Powered Mobile Search - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 02 Apr 2008 10:55 AM PST

Vlingo, a provider of voice-based mobile services, has raised a $20 million second round led by Yahoo, along with participation from past backers Charles River Ventures and Sigma Partners. Last…

Interactive Marketer Geary Acquires SEO Firm Fathom - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 31 Mar 2008 10:38 AM PST

San Diego-based digital marketing agency Geary has acquired Fathom Online, a search engine marketing firm. Basically, the deal builds out Geary’s SEO practice, and the company hopes to offer customers…

Ex-Topix Founder’s Search Startup Blekko Raises $925k In Second Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 28 Mar 2008 01:55 AM PST

Blekko, a search startup from ex-Topix founder Rich Skrenta, has raised $925,000 of a planned $3 million second round, says peHUB. Investors include Ron Conway and Marc Andreesen. The company,…

Comparison Shopping Searcher Become.com Raises $17.5 Million Third Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 25 Mar 2008 10:32 AM PST

Comparison shopping site Become.com has raised a $17.5 million third round from TPG Growth. Launched by team from MySimon back in 2004, the Mountain View-based company has previously announced $11.7…

Quaero Vs. Google: The Search Equivalent of Airbus Vs. Boeing? - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 25 Mar 2008 09:57 AM PST

Europe’s internet search project—Quaero—has gotten a lot of flak for taking government money to create an alternative to Google (NSDQ: GOOG). The noise level has only increased after the EU…

New Google Search Tool Finds Web Publishers’ Concerns - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 24 Mar 2008 08:07 AM PST

Some large online publishers are expressing initial wariness about Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) new “search within a search” feature, which some feel could diminish their role in directing users around their…

Retrevo Gets $8 Million Second Round For Electronics Product Search - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 20 Mar 2008 03:00 AM PST

Sunnyvale, CA-based Retrevo, a consumer electronics search site, has raised an $8 million second round from Alloy Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners. The company has raised over $4 million, for…

Industry Moves: Former Yahoo Ad Exec Coleman Lands CEO Post At NetSeer - 2 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 19 Mar 2008 08:05 PM PST

Greg Coleman, who officially departed Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) last month as EVP of Global Sales, has landed a position as president and CEO of NetSeer, a startup focused on search…

MeFeedia Raises $250k For Video Search - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 19 Mar 2008 07:08 PM PST

MeFeedia, a provider of video search and discovery, has raised a $250k angel round from unidentified investors. The funding announcement coincides with the official launch of its service, which spans…

Video Search Engine Foooo Gets $1 Million Second Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 18 Mar 2008 05:06 PM PST

Because Zooomr can’t hog all the o’s, Japanese video search engine Fooooo has raised a $1 million second round from Cyberagent, reports Alarm:Clock and NTV. It’s the company’s second $1…

Interview: Jean-Philippe Maheu, Chief Digital Officer, Ogilvy: ‘Frenemy’ Explained; Data And Stories - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 17 Mar 2008 07:30 AM PST

For the past year, ad agencies have been trying to find the best way to consider their individual relationships to Google (NSDQ: GOOG). With the internet search giant’s $3.1 billion…

AOL Highlights Platform-A Integration Focus With Unified Search Marketing Services - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 17 Mar 2008 06:08 AM PST

AOL’s (NYSE: TWX) Platform-A President Lynda Clarizio appears to moving quickly on her promise to quicken the pace of integration at the Time Warner company’s ad group. AOL announced that…

Industry Moves: Google’s Armstrong No Longer Associated Content Chairman; Perlis Steps In - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 14 Mar 2008 02:41 PM PST

Tim Armstrong will remain an investor in Associated Content but is no longer chairman and no longer on the board, the company said late Friday. Board member Michael Perlis is…

Anti-Click Fraud Firm Click Forensics Raises $10 Million Second Round - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 12 Mar 2008 08:05 AM PST

Austin, TX-based Click Forensics, a provider of technology to combat click fraud, has raised a $10 million second round led by previous investors Austin Ventures and Shasta Ventures. The company…

EC Clears Huge French Aid For Multimedia Search Project - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 11 Mar 2008 10:33 AM PST

The European Commission has cleared France’s $151.8 million state aid for Quaero, a Euro-centric multimedia search index being built by a consortium of electronics and 22 other companies. Former French…