ZoomInfo spins off its ad platform into Bizo, a new company
The business information search engine ZoomInfo has spun off its advertising business into a new company, Bizo Inc.
ZoomInfo started supplying the information it collects to other sites and advertising last year when it rolled out its ad platform. This allowed it to utilize the… Continue Reading
Business sites XING, ZoomInfo, combine social network, search
European business networking site XING and U.S. business search service ZoomInfo are introducing a way to bring their two continents’ worth of business contacts together to challenge rival LinkedIn as well as more general social networks like Facebook.
Starting tomorrow, XING members will be able… Continue Reading
ZoomInfo new ad platform — even more personal than Facebook’s
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ZoomInfo, a site that compiles information about your personal profile — whether you like it or not — is supplying that information to other sites and advertisers so they can target you while you surf the Web.
The new advertising network offering is significant… Continue Reading
The rush to people search: Viadeo, ZoomInfo, Yahoo China, Spock…and PeekYou
For years, technology to search for people has been neglected, compared to most parts of the Web. Until now, that is.
A wave of new entrants are making it much easier to find out everything about a person, from their job, to their personalities, their… Continue Reading
Xing integrates with ZoomInfo, in move to overtake LinkedIn
(Updated with initial LinkedIn response)
Xing, the Hamburg, Germany social networking site for business contacts, has just signed a deal that makes its network larger than it U.S. competitor LinkedIn.
It has announced a partnership with ZoomInfo, the largest fact-checked proprietary database in the world,… Continue Reading
Spock offers an ambitious “people” search engine
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Spock, a secretive Menlo Park start-up incubated with $1 million from Clearstone Venture Partners, will unveil a search engine for people by the end of the year.
From a demo we’ve seen, we think it could be a powerful addition. Spock could take this… Continue Reading