FindArticles
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| Web address | FindArticles |
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| Commercial? | Yes |
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Type of site
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| Registration | Optional |
| Owner | CBS Interactive |
| Created by | LookSmart |
| Launched | 2000 |
| Current status | URL is redirected |
FindArticles was a website which provided access to articles previously published in over 3,000 magazines, journals, and other sources.[1][2] The site offered free and paid content through the HighBeam Research database.[1] In 2008, FindArticles accessed over 11 million resource articles, going back to 1998.[3][4][5]
The site was founded in 2000 as a partnership between LookSmart, which authored the search technology, and the Gale Group, which provided the articles.[3][4] The two companies had first partnered to provide content in August of that year, and FindArticles.com soon resulted.[6] As it grew, FindArticles moved away from an all-free model driven by advertising[4][7] to a mixture 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.[5][8] 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.[5] FindArticles' SEO value—i.e., the frequency with which its articles appear as search engine results—likely factored into the final purchase price.[5][9]
FindArticles had been part of the BNET division of CNET Networks.[2]
Sometime in 2012, the URL became a redirect to Search.com.[10] which is owned by CBS Interactive. No explanation is on that site to explain what happened to the findarticles.com content.
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