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InfoSpace To Lay Off Around 35 Employees

We made it through the holiday season, but we have not, it seems, made it to the end of a rash of layoffs.  Those continued today as it was discovered that InfoSpace would fire about 20 percent of its staff.

InfoSpace Sells Switchboard.com; Mobile Business Next?

Today we learn that Superpages.com parent, Idearc Inc., has acquired Switchboard.com from InfoSpace Inc.

Idearc Buys Switchboard.com For $225 Million

Idearc Inc., publisher of Verizon Yellow Pages, said today that it is purchasing Switchboard.com, a provider of local online advertising and Internet-based yellow pages from InfoSpace Inc. for $225 million.

Blinkx, InfoSpace Partner

Video search engine blinkx has partnered with InfoSpace to provide video search for InfoSpace's metasearch brands including Dogpile.com.

Search Engine Diversity - More Website Exposure

"Google ranking this and Google ranking that"... it's all everyone talks about. But a recent report by Infospace highlights the need for online businesses to focus their search engine optimization efforts across more than just Google.

Top Search Engines Produce Little Overlap

First page results on Google, Yahoo, Windows Live and Ask overlap less than one percent according to a new study from InfoSpace, "Different Engines, Different Results".

FAST & Infospace Team Up For Mobile Search

In a statement released this morning, Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) and Infospace have announced a partnership aimed at delivering an ASP mobile search service, enable carriers to assert more control over their content business models while providing mobile search to customers.

Sprint and InfoSpace Join Forces

According to Reuters, Sprint has joined forces with InfoSpace to offer a $2.99 a month service that combines positioning awareness technology with local search.

Mamma Up On InfoSpace Interest

Takeover talk began swirling about metasearch engine Mamma.com, with InfoSpace rumored as the potential bling-bearing suitor for Mamma's heart.

Infospace Starts Crawling Seekport

Metacrawler mogul Infospace just added the services of European search engine Seekport to their list of partners. Seekport will get some much-needed monetization and Infospace picks yet another resource to draw upon.