LookSmart
LookSmart is a pay per click (PPC) advertising network solutions provider. LookSmart is a public company and it is trading at NASDAQ under the ticker symbol LOOK.O. Jean-Yves Dexmier is the Executive Chairman & CEO of the company. Its headquarters is located in San Francisco, CA.[1]
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| Type: | Public |
| Industry: | Internet |
| Founded: | 1997 |
| Headquarters: | San Francisco, CA |
| Country: | USA |
| Website: | www.looksmart.com |
| LinkedIn: | LookSmart |
| Key People | |
| Jean-Yves Dexmier, Executive Chairman & CEO | |
History
In July 1996, LookSmart was established and its official website was launched on October of the same year. The company is a subsidiary of Readers Digest, a global publishing and marketing company of books, magazines, music, videos and other forms of new media. Look Smart went public on August 1999 with an offering price of $12 per share and reached as high as $70 in 2000.[2] [3]
Solutions
The company's service offerings are divided into two categories:[4]
- Advertiser Networks- offers premium and performance search advertising products to search advertising customers and advertising agencies through its API or the LookSmart Ad Center that is capable of allowing multiple customers to upload keywords, manage budget, view reports etc.
- Publisher Solutions- provides search management advertising tools and solutions to help publishers increase their audience, optimize and monetize their websites