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Using a hint book, contestants will need to find all the scavenger hunt items and submit them to the judge panel in the quickest amount of time. […] </p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div id="post-132" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/2006/04/17/how-cost-per-action-eliminates-click-fraud/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "How Cost-Per-Action Eliminates Click Fraud"">How Cost-Per-Action Eliminates Click Fraud</a></h3> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/2006/04/17/how-cost-per-action-eliminates-click-fraud/#respond" class="commentslink" title="Comment on How Cost-Per-Action Eliminates Click Fraud">0 <span>Comments</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/author/snapstaff/" title="Posts by Snap Staff">Snap Staff</a></span> April 17th, 2006 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/category/snap-speaks/" title="View all posts in Snap Speaks" rel="category tag">Snap Speaks</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p>When you work at a new search engine, one question you constantly encounter is, "So, what makes Snap different?" Over the course of dozens of such conversations, I've discovered that search engine users are most intrigued by the "visual search" portion of my answer: they like the idea of being able to see and […] </p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="post-130" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/2006/04/07/cpa-explained-part-1/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "CPA explained, Part 1"">CPA explained, Part 1</a></h3> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/2006/04/07/cpa-explained-part-1/#respond" class="commentslink" title="Comment on CPA explained, Part 1">0 <span>Comments</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/author/snapsalesbd/" title="Posts by Joe Sarmiento">Joe Sarmiento</a></span> April 7th, 2006 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/category/snap-speaks/" title="View all posts in Snap Speaks" rel="category tag">Snap Speaks</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p>From an advertiser perspective, the most interesting thing about Snap is the Cost-Per-Action (CPA) revenue model. Today, Paid Search = Cost-Per-Click, so introducing CPA into this medium can be confusing. It's really pretty simple.<br/> Snap gives you 2 options on CPA: Fixed CPA and Variable CPA. Fixed means you pay us […] </p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="post-126" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/2006/04/06/idealab-site-redesigned/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "Idealab Site Redesigned"">Idealab Site Redesigned</a></h3> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/2006/04/06/idealab-site-redesigned/#respond" class="commentslink" title="Comment on Idealab Site Redesigned">0 <span>Comments</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/author/snapstaff/" title="Posts by Snap Staff">Snap Staff</a></span> April 6th, 2006 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/category/misc/" title="View all posts in Miscellaneous" rel="category tag">Miscellaneous</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p>I wanted to let you know about the recent re-launch of the Idealab company site as of March 15th, 2006, commemorating the 10 year anniversary of Idealab starting up business. The site is a solid visual design solution and makes great use of flash as well. We all work in the same loft space […] </p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="post-127" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/2006/04/06/will-we-ever-achieve-true-relevance-in-a-pay-per-click-world/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "Is Pay Per Click at Odds With Relevance?"">Is Pay Per Click at Odds With Relevance?</a></h3> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/2006/04/06/will-we-ever-achieve-true-relevance-in-a-pay-per-click-world/#respond" class="commentslink" title="Comment on Is Pay Per Click at Odds With Relevance?">0 <span>Comments</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/author/snapstaff/" title="Posts by Snap Staff">Snap Staff</a></span> April 6th, 2006 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/category/snap-speaks/" title="View all posts in Snap Speaks" rel="category tag">Snap Speaks</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p>It seems like there's a battle of words raging between the major search engines about their search services. Everyone seems to be 'upgrading' their spiders or algos or bots to bring back better and better results. But as much as we hear about that, one has to wonder if it's more than lip service […] </p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="post-122" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/2006/04/05/good-riddance/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "Good Riddance! Transparency of Good Design."">Good Riddance! Transparency of Good Design.</a></h3> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/2006/04/05/good-riddance/#respond" class="commentslink" title="Comment on Good Riddance! Transparency of Good Design.">0 <span>Comments</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/author/snapstaff/" title="Posts by Snap Staff">Snap Staff</a></span> April 5th, 2006 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/category/snap-speaks/" title="View all posts in Snap Speaks" rel="category tag">Snap Speaks</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p>There is something very satisfying about the transparency of good design; when a website or online tool is so well designed it becomes seemingly invisible to the user. Tools that become the extension of your mind, hands and eyes, helping you make decisions without you really formulating them, yet still commanding a powerful presence through […] </p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="vote_post"> <div id="post-121" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/2006/04/05/snap-fellows-program/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "Snap Fellows Program"">Snap Fellows Program</a></h3> <div class="listing_label"><img src="/web/20090322103423im_/http://blog.snap.com/wp-content/themes/k2/images/contest_idea_label.gif"></div> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/2006/04/05/snap-fellows-program/#respond" class="commentslink" title="Comment on Snap Fellows Program">0 <span>Comments</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/author/tad/" title="Posts by tad">tad</a></span> April 5th, 2006 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/category/launch-contest/" title="View all posts in Launch Contest {Closed}" rel="category tag">Launch Contest {Closed}</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> <div class="vote_box_closed" onclick="location.href='/2006/04/05/snap-fellows-program/'" title="Voting is closed."> <span class="votes">6</span> </div> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p>Work with Cal Tech's computer science faculty and/or a research group to create a "call for papers" to help work on advanced search features of Snap, specifically in the areas of helping people search better (i.e., formulate queries in a more usable way).<br/> When the Snap fellow is awarded his/her prize ($5,000 or $10,000) make a […] </p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div id="post-119" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/2006/04/05/what-search-engine-users-want/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "What Search Engine Users Want"">What Search Engine Users Want</a></h3> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/2006/04/05/what-search-engine-users-want/#comments" class="commentslink" title="Comment on What Search Engine Users Want">1 <span>Comment</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/author/snapstaff/" title="Posts by Snap Staff">Snap Staff</a></span> April 5th, 2006 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090322103423/http://blog.snap.com/category/snap-speaks/" title="View all posts in Snap Speaks" rel="category tag">Snap Speaks</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p>When we ask users to explain what meaning Search Engines holds to them they come back with statements that, in one way or another, boils down to:<br/> Search Engines lets me navigate the web the way I want to — cutting through all the noise and go straight to the pages I want.<br/> When we ask them […] </p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="post-118" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" 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