SEO automation company Yield Software raises $6M
Yield Software, a service that promises to automate the process of search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM), has recently raised $6 million in its second round of financing.
The San Mateo, California, company claims to be the simplest and most affordable option on the market, and targets small and mid-sized websites that don’t have the money or time to devote to optimizing for organic and paid search. The technology automatically makes changes… Continue Reading
Roundup: Giving up on the “mobile web,” cleantech gets crunched, and more
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Mobile enthusiast gives up on “mobile web” – Russell Beattie, a Silicon Valley developer and mobile enthusiast who spent two years working at Yahoo Mobile before launching a start-up called Mowser, has given up on the mobile sector. He writes: “The general answer is that I don’t actually believe in the ‘Mobile Web’ anymore, and therefore am less inclined to spend time and effort in a market I think is limited at… Continue Reading
Real Time Worlds confirms $50M raise
Real Time Worlds confirmed today that it has raised $50 million in venture capital to fund its online gaming ventures. The Dundee, Scotland video game studio will use the second round of funding to develop games such as All Points Bulletin, a massively multiplayer online game.
The round was led by Maverick Capital and existing investors New Enterprise Associates and WPP also participated. Real Time Worlds is run by founder David Jones, the creator of the… Continue Reading
Analytics company NuConomy raises $3M to bury the page view
The page view is dead, declares web analytics company NuConomy, which has raised $3 million to continue digging the grave.
There are plenty of other web analytics companies on the market, but NuConomy’s features can see the furthest beyond the page view and illuminate how users are actually interacting with your site, says chief executive Shahar Nechmad. For one thing, NuConomy is one of the few analytics products that gives you information about individual users —… Continue Reading