These days, we mainly hear about LookSmart running things behind the scenes for others and not their own site as a destination. Things change, it happens. Well, I just learned that they have let loose with 161 new vertical search sites. Now that is a lot of content!

San Francisco, California - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - October 28, 2005 - Search engine company, LookSmart, has unveiled 161 new vertical search sites in a variety of categories, in an effort to deliver more relevant search results.

Divided into 13 vertical categories and 181 total sites, LookSmart now claims to be the largest single provider of vertical search destinations on the web. The Company’s “brand promise” is to provide consumers with essential information for passions, needs and repetitive tasks encountered in everyday life.

Like Cable was to television, vertical search is the Internet’s next logical step. Consumers embrace many media choices and integrate them into their lives, creating a desire for “vertical” services and content. [Read the rest]

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