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'''InfoSearch Media''' is a search targeted text and video content provider on the web.<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=ISHM:US Bloomberg Businessweek]</ref> It maintains a network of professional writers dedicated in helping business owners to increase their search engine rankings and revenue using content-based solutions. | '''InfoSearch Media''' is a search targeted text and video content provider on the web.<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=ISHM:US Bloomberg Businessweek]</ref> It maintains a network of professional writers dedicated in helping business owners to increase their search engine rankings and revenue using content-based solutions. | ||
| − | InfoSearch Media operates ArticleInsider and Popdex websites | + | InfoSearch Media operates ArticleInsider and Popdex websites that maintain a collection of articles about general business topics which the company use to distribute traffic to advertisers.[[George Lichter]] serves as the company's Chief Executive Officer. |
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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| Type: | Public held |
| Industry: | Internet |
| Founded: | 2000 |
| Founder(s): | Steve Lazuka |
| Headquarters: | 6041 Bristol Parkway 1st Floor Culver City, CA 90230 |
| Country: | USA |
| Products: | ContentLogic & Web Properties |
| Employees: | 51-200 |
| Website: | InfoSearch Media |
| LinkedIn: | infoSearch Media |
| Key People | |
| George Lichter, CEO Maureen Atencio, CFO | |
InfoSearch Media is a search targeted text and video content provider on the web.[1] It maintains a network of professional writers dedicated in helping business owners to increase their search engine rankings and revenue using content-based solutions.
InfoSearch Media operates ArticleInsider and Popdex websites that maintain a collection of articles about general business topics which the company use to distribute traffic to advertisers.George Lichter serves as the company's Chief Executive Officer.
Background
Steve Lazuka was the founder of the company and began its business as an online advertising firm Traffic Logic, Inc. which he founded in 2000. In 2004, during a search engine strategies conference in San Jose, CA Lazuka announced the creation of InfoSearch Media,the new corporate identity of TrafficLogic Inc. InfoSearch Media became the main source of four other professional services firms such as TrafficLogic, ContentLogic, TopicLogic and ConversionLogic.[2]
Merger and Partnership
On December 2004, Traffic Logic Inc. (InfoSearch Media) merged with MAC Worldwide, Inc. and started operating as a public company.[3]
In 2006, InfoSearch Media, Inc. purchased Answerbag, Inc., a consumer information website but eventually sold it when the company entered into a multi-year content partnership with Demand Media, a next generation media company. Base on the agreement Demand Media purchased $ 2 million worth of InfoSearch Media's ContentLogic products and services over the next two years and acquired all the assets of Answerbag.com. Demand Media also received warrants to purchase 5 million shares of InfoSearch Media's common stock and obtained the right to appoint one member to the Board of Directors.In exchange, InfoSearch Media received $3 million cash warrants to purchase 125,000 shares of Demand Media Series C Preferred Stocks.[4]
The company also signed a partnership with Linkworth to improve both companies search engine marketing strategies. Their agreement was Linkworth will provide text link advertising services to InfoSearch Media customers and it will offer content development for its own customers. Info Search Media will act as reseller to their respective products.[5]
Target Markets
The target markets of the company are Paid Listings Customers, Small to Medium Businesses, Niche Business Sectors, Large Scale Content Opportunities, and Publisher and Editorial Content Opportunities. The company's international Internet markets are in the United States, Japan, Germany, Korea, United Kingdom, France, Italy and Spain. [6]