Big 4 in Vertical
According to Jupiter Research, four primary vertical categories that would be likely to account for the majority of spend: retail, financial services, travel and media and entertainment. But many other niches are getting funding.
Research, articles, opinion and news on vertical search engines.
More than a dozen industry leaders and innovators are planned tol take the stage at an intense half-day boot camp designed exclusively for real estate agents and brokers.
The focus of this years boot camp will be Internet strategies such as search engines, lead generation and vertical search, confirmed speakers include Sam Sebastian, Director of Classified and Local at Google.
http://www.inman.com/connectsf/sf.aspxThis month, RealAge, Inc., the leading source for personalized health information, will introduce Smart Search, a new vertical search engine for health and wellness. With an active user base of over 5 million people, RealAge is meeting consumers' demands for a quick quality-over-quantity search experience that produces reliable, relevant results that are hand-selected. RealAge employs a team of professionals who select information based on standards set by the RealAge Scientific Advisory Board.
The Smart Search engine at RealAge.com does not simply crawl Web sites amassing any and all data that may be vaguely relevant -- or even irrelevant -- regardless of whether it's credible or not. "RealAge Smart Search gives users the 48 search results they want and need, not the 3 million they'll never look at," explains RealAge CEO, Charles Silver. "It's the smartest, most efficient way to find health information online."
Goulash Enterprises, LLC, an Internet marketing company and creator of www.thulix.com announces that it is looking for Topic Masters worldwide.
Topic Masters are human editors that select a specific Topic and search the Internet to find as much relevant information about that subject as is possible. Once the links are found they are categorized into subtopics in order to allow the user to find what they are searching for as quickly as possible, than the links are published on a Topic Page.
Thulix Topic Pages are aimed at people interested in a particular Topic that will enable them to find the most relevant information pertaining to that niche subject on one page quickly. Ad companies will also be able to target a focused audience.