Like.com team shuts down visual search site Riya
Riya, the visual search engine whose team later built shopping site Like.com, is shutting down later this month.
The closure only finalizes a shift that started happening years ago — although the San Mateo, Calif. company is still called Riya, it has been focusing on Like.com… Continue Reading
Visual search engine Superfish nets $5.3M
Superfish, a stealthy startup that will eventually let users search by sight, reeled in $5.3 million in second-round financing. The Palo Alto, Calif. company has been in research mode for a couple of years and plans to launch the service in the next several months.
Very… Continue Reading
Visual search site Like.com closes $32M round
Visual search shopping site Like.com just announced that it has raised a $32 million third round of funding. We reported on the deal back in July, but the money hadn’t been wired over yet and we could only say the amount was in the “double… Continue Reading
Visual search engine Like.com blasts ahead — raises double digit millions
Like.com, a search engine that analyzes images for useful shopping information, has raised double digit millions in venture capital from Silicon Valley venture firm Menlo Ventures.
It’s also on a roll, in terms of both traffic and revenue.
Like.com lets you do things like search for the… Continue Reading
Is Like.com really “killing” social search? Not yet
Yesterday, I wrote a piece about Like.com, a visual search engine company based in Silicon Valley that was reporting great progress: The young site has had rocketing visitor traffic over the past four months, and it’s headed toward profitability. People are using it to find… Continue Reading
Like.com shows visual search works after all
I’ve updated this story, given that I was attacked for not digging enough. See update here.
Just six months ago, things weren’t looking great for Like, a Silicon Valley company that offers visual search for shopping.
Its traffic wasn’t going anywhere.
But suddenly, over four months, the company… Continue Reading
Roundup: Facebook search; Business 2.0 folds; Silverlight launches; and more
Here’s the latest action:
Facebook to launch people search in one month — Facebook will let search engines find and display very basic information from your Facebook profile, including only your name and the option to message you or friend you, it announced early this morning.
This way,… Continue Reading