Conduit toolbars to get more content
For those of you who love browser toolbars, expect more options soon. Conduit, a company that lets web sites make their own, customized toolbars is letting its clients add a couple more features now. Sites can both syndicate their content to other sites that have Conduit toolbars, or include content from those sites.
Google, Yahoo and many, many other companies have their own toolbars, but these options might keep more people using Conduit. (Note: this form… Continue Reading
Conduit gets $8M for toolbar for the masses
Conduit, an Israel-based startup that lets anyone customize a browser toolbar that they can offer to their friends or others, reports rapid user growth.
Rapid enough, at least, to draw $8 million in a second round of financing from aggressive venture capital firm Benchmark Capital. This follows an initial $2 million investment by Israeli venture firm Yozma two years ago.
Chief executive Ronen Shilo said Conduit is doubling revenue, users, and publishers every quarter.
He said he chose… Continue Reading
Conduit offers way to search 12 million toolbars
Conduit is a company that lets Web site owners and bloggers build a customizable toolbar for their visitors, and it says it is growing quickly.
We wrote about the company last year. It boasts 12 million sites using its toolbar. Today, the Israeli-Redwood Shores, Calif. company lets Web surfers find toolbars with preloaded groups, for example of top tech blogs, including ours.
It also lets you search for any of the toolbars, on a network called… Continue Reading
Google digest: 900 millionaires, “Tips” removed, China moves, and toolbar war,
Here’s the latest news on Google stuff:
Google’s 900 millionaires figure out what to do with their money — Recent estimates suggest more than 900 Googlers became millionaires at the initial public offering, and that 100 of the first 300 workers have quietly resigned. Meanwhile, early Google investor David Cheriton (he joined Ram Shriram, Bechtolsheim and others in the first $1 million angel round) turned his $200,000 into more than $1 billion, and yet is still too… Continue Reading
Conduit’s custom toolbar sees strong uptake
Conduit, an Israeli company with offices in Redwood Shores, offers a customizable toolbar that any Web site owner can provide to their visitors.
It is a very useful feature. This lets Web site owners retain loyalty of its visitors. If your visitors download the toolbar, it appears across the entire length of top of their browser; you the Web owner can ensure your site remains a prominent fixture on the toolbar’s features.
Here’s a VentureBeat… Continue Reading