FindArticles was a website which provided access to articles previously published in over 3,000 magazines, newspapers, journals, business reports and other sources.[1][2][3] The site offered free and paid content through the HighBeam Research database.[1] In 2007, FindArticles accessed over 11 million resource articles, going back to 1998.[4]
FindArticles was founded in 2000[8] as a partnership between LookSmart, which authored the search technology, and the Gale Group, which provided the articles for a fee.[5][9][10]
By early-August 2000, the FindArticles database contained more than 862,000 articles and by September 2000, the database contained more than 1 million articles.[11]
In September 2004, HighBeam Research announced that it would make 1 million premium articles from its database accessible via FindArticles.[12] By May 2005, FindArticles contained more than 5 million articles in its database.[13]
In November 2006, FindArticles reported over 17.6 million unique visitors to their site.[14] In April 2007, LookSmart partnered with Blinkx to power FindArticles' video search results.[14]
2007–present: CNET purchase and CNET ownershipedit
FindArticles remained a part of LookSmart throughout the various changes in that company until it was sold to CNET Networks for $20.5 million on November 9, 2007, as part of a larger sell-off of LookSmart properties.[4][7][15]
Looksmart's need to offload non-critical assets in the wake of poor corporate performance, along with CNET's commensurate desire to expand its library of offerings, motivated the deal.[4]FindArticles'SEO value—i.e., the frequency with which its articles appear as search engine results—likely factored into the final purchase price.[4][16]
FindArticles had been part of the BNET division of CNET Networks[2] and is currently owned by CBS Interactive.[8]
Notesedit
^ abPrice, Gary; Kennedy, Shirl (2007-11-09). . Resource Shelf. Archived from the original on 2008-06-23. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
^ abSchwartz, Matthew (2008-02-11). . BtoB Online. BtoB. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
^. www.cyzone.cn. 2007-11-09. Archived from the original on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
^ abcdRussell, Terrence (2007-11-08). . Wired Blog Network. Wired. Archived from the original on 2008-01-18. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
^ ab. American Antitrust Institute. Archived from the original on 2008-05-03. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
^MacLeod, Roddy (August 2000). . Internet Resources Newsletter. Heriot-Watt University Library. Archived from the original on 2000-08-15. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
^ abEldon, Eric (2008-11-08). "CNet buys FindArticles.com from LookSmart for $20.5 million". Venture Beat. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
^Tomaiuolo, Nicholas (2004). The Web Library: Building a World Class Personal Library with Free Web Resources. Information Today, Inc. pp. 19. ISBN0910965676.
^. FindArticles.com. Archived from the original on 2002-10-02. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
^Jacso, Peter (2000-11-01). "FindArticles.com Embraces Free Content Trend". The Free Library by Farlex. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
^. EContent Magazine. 2004-09-03. Archived from the original on 2004-09-28. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
^Patterson, Ben (2005-05-10). "LookSmart review: LookSmart". CNET. Archived from the original on 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
^ abNicole, Kristen (2007-04-04). "LookSmart Partners with Blinkx". Mashable. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
^Nicole, Kristen (2007-11-07). "CNet Acquires FindArticles: Part of its Refocus?". Mashable. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
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