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How To Track Emerging Search Engine Blekko In Web Analytics Systems
Dec 30th
More than a year has passed since search engine upstart blekko launched, yet Web marketing analysts using digital media measurement tools like Google Analytics won’t have seen any traffic attributed to blekko in organic search marketing reports. Instead, traffic supplied by blekko will show…
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Blekko Expands: Bigger Index, More Slashtags & New Design
Dec 22nd
Blekko is closing out 2011 with a round of updates that affect the search engine’s front- and back-end — both how it looks and how it works. The upstart search engine has announced three changes as part of a “major upgrade” to end the year: 1.) “Significant…
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Blekko Gets New User Interface & Ramps Up Auto-Slashing
Dec 22nd
Blekko have announced a major upgrade which increases their automatic slashtags (“auto-slashing”) to cover 500 content categories and rolling out their new UI.
Slashtags are used to bring back the most relevant, quality results on Blekko in a…
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From Russia With Love: Yandex Invests $15 Million in Blekko
Sep 30th
Yandex just invested $15 million in search engine ‘upstart’, Blekko. In a fourth round of funding, Blekko raised a total of $30 million from new investors Yandex and MLC Private Equity, and current investors CMEA Capital, U.S. Venture Partners and…
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$30 Million in Funding for Blekko: Blekko Has More Cash to Slash the Web
Sep 30th
On Wednesday, search engine startup Blekko received $30 million in funding from various investors including Yandex, Russia’s top search engine. Trailing only behind Google, Bing, and Yahoo, Blekko is the fourth largest search engine in the US. With its motto “slash the web,” Blekko strives to provide search results that lack the spam and content farm pages that are often found in the dominant search engines.
The cash infusion combined with the resources offered by Yandex should help blekko move closer to its goal of obtaining one percent of all US search traffic. Blekko’s CEO Rich Skrenta commented:
“Yandex is a partner and investor that shares our mission of making search the best experience it can be. Having access to one of the world’s top pools of search talent and the fantastic products they have built will help us grow Blekko in the U.S.”
Blekko is hopeful that the funding and access to Yandex’s extensive search index and technology infrastructure will help to improve long tail and obscure searches and expand its market share.
Yandex Arkady Volozh, Principal Founder and CEO of Yandex, will sit on Blekko’s board. Volozh recently stated, “We love blekko and think it’s a great product — a quality search engine that organically combines search algorithms with expert opinions.” Russian search engine Yandex is the largest in Europe and has over 20 years experience building its core search technology.
Since launching in 2007, Blekko has secured a total of $54 million in funding. Although many search startups have tried to take on Google and failed miserably, Blekko remains a growing force in the US search market. While its search volume pales in comparison to competitor’s, the new round of funding and alliance with Yandex sends a message to the other major players that Blekko may slash away a little more of their search volume.
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Russian Search Engine Yandex Leads $30 Million Investment In Blekko
Sep 29th
Blekko is the either the fourth US search engine or the third if you no longer consider Yahoo a search engine. And the company has been able to maintain visibility and stir the pot with its persistent criticism of Google search results being spam-filled. Now the company has secured $30 million in…
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Oh Good Grep! Web Grepper: A New Web Intelligence Feature From Blekko
Sep 14th
Blekko, the search engine that launched last year and is known for its spam reduction efforts, is introducing a new feature today that will help make previously difficult, if not impossible to find (for free), web data accessible to more searchers, marketers, media, and others. Say hello to Web…
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Blekko Releases “14 Fact” Infographic
Jul 25th
Blekko, the search site that “slashes out spam,” has been doing well these past few months. Since its release, it has continued to grow in both unique monthly visitors and monthly search queries. Perhaps most importantly, though, Blekko’s fans are loyal. One, in fact, was loyal enough to create a “14 fact” infographic.
Fun Facts from the Infographic
The infographic, created by Razvan Gavrilas, goes over the key points of Blekko – highlighting its industry assets, unique approach, and the importance of what it does. Here are some of the most interesting facts from the list:
- Fact two: If Blekko reached 1 percent of search share, it would be a billion dollar company.
- Fact three: April of 2011 saw a major benchmark in the number of searches on Blekko. Despite being only five months old, Blekko had 50 million search queries.
- Fact five: Blekko has blocked 1.1 million “spam sites.”
- Fact seven: Blekko currently has over 200,000 unique visitors each month.
- Fact eleven: You can grab free SEO data on any site through the “SEO” link on Blekko’s SERP.
The infographic also discusses other important elements of Blekko’s business, including the 10-point “Web Search Bill of Rights,” information on the company founders, a Blekko timeline, and details on Blekko’s investors. You can check out the full infographic here. Those who are looking for a change of pace can then search via Blekko, or even see which results they like best in Blekko’s “3 engine monty” game.
[Sources include: Blekko Blog]
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Blekko Gets Foodily to Help Eat Away at Recipe Spam
Jun 30th
Each of the search sites is making it easier to browse through recipes. Blekko’s big pitch is that they involve human curation. Now that curation has become more powerful, with established recipe sharing site Foodily taking the role of editor-in-c…
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Blekko Unmasks New Search Results With “Zorro” Update
Jun 23rd
Blekko, the hard-line anti-spam search site, has revamped their search results page format both on the front- and back-end. Known as “Zorro,” the update changes numerous visual elements, removes clutter, and adds automatic support for over a thous…
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