GlobalSpec is a technology services company which provides a search engine of engineering and industrial products, indexing over 180 million parts divided into 2,300,000 product families, from over 24,000 manufacturer and distributorcatalogs.[2] GlobalSpec is a domain-specific (or "vertical search") tool, in that its focused domain allows for optimized results. Within product families, searches can be narrowed by selecting values for parameters that are specific to that product type.[3]
The website has over 8 million registered members, and as of 2009, membership was growing at a rate of 20,000 per week. In 2007, the company achieved 35% revenue growth, the sixth year in a row that the company achieved double-digit revenue growth.[4] The website has approximately 1.3 unique million visitors a month with 2.8 million page views and an average of 4.9 minutes time spent.[citation needed][when?] GlobalSpec has partnerships with several well-known companies, including:
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^Devin, Amber (Jan 22, 2008). . Reuters. Business Wire. Archived from the original on May 8, 2009. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
^D'Errico, Richard A. (August 7, 2001). "GlobalSpec partners with AltaVista". The Business Review. American City Business Journals, Inc. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
^"SolidWorks Corporation embeds 'The Engineering Web' in 3D mechanical design software". SolidWorks Corporation. Feb 14, 2005. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
^"IHS to Buy Engineering Site GlobalSpec From Warburg Pincus". Wall Street Journal. June 12, 2012.
^"IEEE Acquires GlobalSpec and the Engineering360 Platform from IHS to Create Powerful New Resource for the Global Engineering Community". IEEE. April 29, 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
^"GlobalSpec acquired by San Francisco firm, renegotiates lease in SUNY Poly's ZEN Building". Albany Business Review. Sep 30, 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
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globalspec, technology, services, company, which, provides, search, engine, engineering, industrial, products, indexing, over, million, parts, divided, into, product, families, from, over, manufacturer, distributor, catalogs, domain, specific, vertical, search. GlobalSpec is a technology services company which provides a search engine of engineering and industrial products indexing over 180 million parts divided into 2 300 000 product families from over 24 000 manufacturer and distributor catalogs 2 GlobalSpec is a domain specific or vertical search tool in that its focused domain allows for optimized results Within product families searches can be narrowed by selecting values for parameters that are specific to that product type 3 GlobalSpecType of businessSubsidiaryFounded1996HeadquartersAlbany New YorkFounder s John Schneiter Thomas Brownell Andrea Schneiter and Mark GaulinKey peopleLisa Paonessa General ManagerIndustryInformation technologyServicesSoftware and technology services vertical searchRevenueUS 10 50 millionEmployees201 500 1 URLwww wbr globalspec wbr com The website has over 8 million registered members and as of 2009 membership was growing at a rate of 20 000 per week In 2007 the company achieved 35 revenue growth the sixth year in a row that the company achieved double digit revenue growth 4 The website has approximately 1 3 unique million visitors a month with 2 8 million page views and an average of 4 9 minutes time spent citation needed when GlobalSpec has partnerships with several well known companies including AltaVista 5 The International Society of Automation ISA 6 McGraw Hill Dassault Systemes 7 SolidWorks which is a product of Dassault Systemes has embedded access to GlobalSpec s search engine inside its computer aided design software Warburg Pincus sold GlobalSpec to IHS in 2012 for 135 million 8 The IEEE acquired GlobalSpec from IHS in 2016 9 GlobalSpec was acquired by Compare Networks Inc on July 31 2020 10 See also editList of search engines Vertical searchReferences edit GlobalSpec Companies LinkedIn Corporation Retrieved 2008 12 26 GlobalSpec Inc Bizjournals com Archived from the original on February 10 2009 Retrieved 2008 12 26 Battelle John March 30 2004 GlobalSpec Domain Specific Search and the Semantic Web Searchblog Retrieved 2008 12 26 Devin Amber Jan 22 2008 GlobalSpec Achieves Record Results in 2007 Reuters Business Wire Archived from the original on May 8 2009 Retrieved 2008 12 26 D Errico Richard A August 7 2001 GlobalSpec partners with AltaVista The Business Review American City Business Journals Inc Retrieved 2008 12 26 ISA Announces Partnership With GlobalSpec International Society of Automation October 25 2005 Archived from the original on May 8 2009 Retrieved 2008 12 27 SolidWorks Corporation embeds The Engineering Web in 3D mechanical design software SolidWorks Corporation Feb 14 2005 Retrieved 2008 12 26 IHS to Buy Engineering Site GlobalSpec From Warburg Pincus Wall Street Journal June 12 2012 IEEE Acquires GlobalSpec and the Engineering360 Platform from IHS to Create Powerful New Resource for the Global Engineering Community IEEE April 29 2016 Retrieved 2016 04 29 GlobalSpec acquired by San Francisco firm renegotiates lease in SUNY Poly s ZEN Building Albany Business Review Sep 30 2020 Retrieved 2021 02 17 External links editOfficial website nbsp CR4 The Engineer s Place for News and Discussion Archived 2011 09 24 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title GlobalSpec amp oldid 1127686097, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
