FindArticles
Encyclopedia
FindArticles is a website
which provides access to articles previously published in over 3,000 magazines, journals, and other sources. Many articles are freely accessible, but the site also offers a large amount of premium content, which is provided through the HighBeam Research
database and is only available with a free trial or a monthly fee. In total, FindArticles controls over 11 million resource articles, going as far back as 1998.
The site was founded in 2000 as a partnership between LookSmart
, which authored the search
technology, and the Gale Group
, which provided the articles. The two companies had first partnered to provide content in August of that year, and FindArticles.com soon resulted. As it grew, FindArticles moved away from an all-free model driven by advertising to the current admixture of free and paid content.
The site 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 8, 2007, as part of a larger sell-off of LookSmart properties. 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. FindArticles' SEO
value - i.e., the frequency with which its articles appear as search engine results - likely factored into the final purchase price.
FindArticles is now part of the BNET
division of CNET Networks.
Website
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
which provides access to articles previously published in over 3,000 magazines, journals, and other sources. Many articles are freely accessible, but the site also offers a large amount of premium content, which is provided through the HighBeam Research
HighBeam Research
HighBeam Research is a paid search engine owned by Cengage Learning for newspapers, magazines, academic journals, newswires, trade magazines and encyclopedias...
database and is only available with a free trial or a monthly fee. In total, FindArticles controls over 11 million resource articles, going as far back as 1998.
The site was founded in 2000 as a partnership between LookSmart
LookSmart
LookSmart is an online advertising company based in San Francisco. LookSmart provides search advertising products and services to text advertisers, as well as targeted pay-per-click search and contextual advertising via its Search Advertising Network...
, which authored the search
Web search engine
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technology, and the Gale Group
Thomson Gale
Gale is an educational publishing company based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, the United States, in the western suburbs of Detroit. It was part of the Thomson Learning division of the Thomson Corporation, a Canadian company, but became part of Cengage Learning in 2007.The company, formerly known...
, which provided the articles. The two companies had first partnered to provide content in August of that year, and FindArticles.com soon resulted. As it grew, FindArticles moved away from an all-free model driven by advertising to the current admixture of free and paid content.
The site 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 8, 2007, as part of a larger sell-off of LookSmart properties. 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. FindArticles' SEO
Search engine optimization
Search engine optimization is the process of improving the visibility of a website or a web page in search engines via the "natural" or un-paid search results...
value - i.e., the frequency with which its articles appear as search engine results - likely factored into the final purchase price.
FindArticles is now part of the BNET
BNET
BNET was an online magazine dedicated to issues of business management.It was owned by CBS Interactive and was a part of its business portfolio alongside ZDNet, TechRepublic, SmartPlanet before it was folded into CBS MoneyWatch, a sister personal finance site that was launched on April 6, 2009.BNET...
division of CNET Networks.