FindArticles

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FindArticles.com
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Type of site
Reference
Owner CBS Interactive
Created by LookSmart
URL FindArticles.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
Launched2000

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]

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As it grew, FindArticles moved away from an all-free model driven by advertising [5] [6] to a mixture of free and paid content. [7]

History

2000–2007: Founding and growth

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 ownership

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]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Price, Gary; Kennedy, Shirl (2007-11-09). "LookSmart Sells FindArticles to CNET Networks for $20.5 Million in Cash". Resource Shelf. Archived from the original on 2008-06-23. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
  2. 1 2 Schwartz, Matthew (2008-02-11). "Bnet.com branches out: CNET business information site bulks up its content offerings". BtoB Online. BtoB. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
  3. ↑ "CNET spends $20.5 million on news site FindArticles". www.cyzone.cn. 2007-11-09. Archived from the original on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Russell, Terrence (2007-11-08). "CNet Buys FindArticles From a Similarly Regrouping LookSmart". Wired Blog Network. Wired. Archived from the original on 2008-01-18. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
  5. 1 2 "Cases and Issues in the News". American Antitrust Institute. Archived from the original on 2008-05-03. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
  6. ↑ MacLeod, Roddy (August 2000). "A-Z New Websites". Internet Resources Newsletter. Heriot-Watt University Library. Archived from the original on 2000-08-15. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
  7. 1 2 Eldon, Eric (2008-11-08). "CNet buys FindArticles.com from LookSmart for $20.5 million". Venture Beat. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
  8. 1 2 "FindArticles.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". whois.domaintools.com. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  9. ↑ Tomaiuolo, Nicholas (2004). The Web Library: Building a World Class Personal Library with Free Web Resources . Information Today, Inc. pp.  19. ISBN   0910965676.
  10. ↑ "About FindArticles". FindArticles.com. Archived from the original on 2002-10-02. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  11. ↑ Jacso, Peter (2000-11-01). "FindArticles.com Embraces Free Content Trend". The Free Library by Farlex . Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  12. ↑ "HighBeam Research Partners With LookSmart". EContent Magazine. 2004-09-03. Archived from the original on 2004-09-28. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
  13. ↑ Patterson, Ben (2005-05-10). "LookSmart review: LookSmart". CNET. Archived from the original on 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
  14. 1 2 Nicole, Kristen (2007-04-04). "LookSmart Partners with Blinkx". Mashable. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
  15. ↑ "LOOKSMART, LTD. 2007 Form 10-K Annual Report". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
  16. ↑ Nicole, Kristen (2007-11-07). "CNet Acquires FindArticles: Part of its Refocus?". Mashable . Retrieved 2008-07-18.

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