LookListings
The official site of LookSmart's search engine optimization services. Choose to submit a site or build a marketing campaign.
CNet News: Microsoft Drops LookSmart Search Tool
The software giant is ending its deal to use LookSmart's listings on its MSN pages, as it gets ready to push its own Web search technology.
Actdumb
Provides links to articles and forums discussing the change by LookSmart to a pay per click service.
LookSmart Answer Their Critics
Transcript of an interview with LookSmart.com.au CEO Damian Smith discussing the change of LookSmart.com to a pay per click service.
LookSmart
Offers 180+ vertical search sites, each on its own domain. Content from its own web search, FindArticles and Furl, with related news provided by Topix. Company profile and information for searchers, publishers and advertisers.
Search Engine Showdown: Review of LookSmart
Greg R. Notess reviews search and display features of LookSmart.
Pandia: LookSmart and Zeal Directories Unite
LookSmart has integrated the listings from the volunteer-based Zeal directory.
The New LookSmart PPC Program
Pandia reviews the LookSmart pay-per click program and strategies for dealing with it.
Looks Can Be Deceiving
Article examining and criticising Looksmart's change to a pay-per-click service.
LookSmart Changes To Cost-Per-Click Listings
Provides information about the LookSmart switch to a pay per click service, how it may affect the relevancy of search results, and possible sources of confusion for website owners and marketers.
The Search Lounge: When Giant Directories Roamed the Earth
Dave Jansik, Senior Ontologist and Content Producer at LookSmart.com, explains the history of the Looksmart directory and considers the future of directories.
LookSmart Looks Dumb Again
Discusses the problems with Looksmart's decision to upgrade paid listings to a pay-per-click program.
Does This Look Smart?
Discusses Looksmart's change to a pay per click advertising service and the associated removal of sites from the index.
Wired News: Seething Over the Search for Cash
Article examining the criticism of Looksmart's decision to change their business model and directory to pay-per-click advertising.
Wired News: Building a Bigger Search Engine
LookSmart has released a screensaver that harnesses the spare computing power of volunteers whose machines are indexing the Web.
WiseNut
Owned by Looksmart. Search results are clustered into categories. Preferences settings include search by language and a filter to remove adult content.
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