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Blinkx To Back Ask's Video Search

Ask isn’t the top search engine, and Blinkx isn’t the most recognizable name in the world of online video, but both companies have done some pretty impressive things.  Now they’re doing them together - Blinkx will power Ask’s video search engine.

Bud.TV, CNN Lose At Online Video Game

I don’t mean to insult either Bud drinkers or CNN watchers, but I usually don’t picture a lot of overlap between the two.  Still, there is a connection between the companies - both appear to have failed with certain aspects of their online video services.

If Technorati Can Beat Google...

...Why not Microsoft or Google? The newly-relaunched Technorati exposes a weakness in Google’s armor. I just tried a bunch of searches. Technorati does “Live” search MUCH MUCH better than Microsoft and even better than Google’s Blog Search.

Blinkx Skyrockets Following AIM Launch

Blinkx is a top-of-the-line video search engine, but the people who run it might want to consider a new line of work.  After all, following Blinkx’s launch on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), the company raked in exactly what they predicted: 25 million pounds.  Yes, those guys (and gals) would do quite well on the stock market.

Blinkx Expects To See $50 Million

It seems like only yesterday that we first heard Blinkx would go public.  It was actually around 20 days ago, but still, the video search engine has now, in the figurative blink of an eye, announced that it expects the financial maneuver to bring in 25 million pounds.

Blinkx Tangos With ChaCha

Rising video search engine Blinkx will be funneling its media index into the half-humanized ChaCha search results. If you've forgotten about ChaCha (and most of us have, really), this is the engine on which searchers can enlist the aid of a live on-call human for assistance.

Blinkx To Go Public

The idea of a “Google killer” has lost most of its meaning - challenger after challenger came along, assumed that title, and proceeded to fail miserably.  Google Video may face a real threat in the form of Blinkx, however - the Autonomy corporation has announced plans to demerge that video search engine.

Blinkx Remote Serves Up TV Shows

The landscape of online video becomes more interesting by the day. While YouTube find itself bogged down in a quagmire of takedown requests and DMCA notices, Blinkx has decided to roll out a new search tool specifically aimed at directing users to television content that they can view and/or download.

LookSmart and Blinkx Team Up

Online advertising company LookSmart has enlisted video search engine Blinkx to power the video search results on its largest consumer site FindArticles.com.

Video SEO Wiki Launched

Due to popular demand, blinkx.com founder and CTO Suranga Chandratillake is launching a video search engine optimization wiki along with VSEO guidelines for advertisers and content producers looking to break away from traditional text-based SEO.