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Enables Anyone to Create and Manage Content Networks </a></li><br><p><li><strong>December 10, 2008 - </strong><a href="press/press_releases/12102008">Lijit Networks, Inc. Launches Search-Powered Advertising Network </a></li><br><p><li><strong>August 12, 2008 - </strong><a href="press/press_releases/08122008">Lijit Networks, Inc. Secures $7.1 Million Series C Investment Round Led by Foundry Group </a></li><br><p><li><strong>January 29, 2008 - </strong><a href="press/press_releases/01292008">Lijit Networks, Inc. Acquires Comment Search Engine BigSwerve </a></li><br><p><li><strong>October 10, 2007 - </strong><a href="/web/20090327094147/http://www.lijit.com/press/press_releases/10102007">Lijit Networks, Inc. Chosen as One of the Top Most Innovative Technology Companies in Colorado </a></li><br><p><li><strong>October 1, 2007 - </strong><a href="/web/20090327094147/http://www.lijit.com/press/press_releases/10012007">Lijit Pledges One Percent Equity to Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado</a></li><br><p><li><strong>August 22, 2007 - </strong><a href="/web/20090327094147/http://www.lijit.com/press/press_releases/08222007">Lijit Networks, Inc. Receives Award for Innovation at Boulder County Business Report's IQ Awards</a></li><br><p><li><strong>June 25, 2007 - </strong><a href="/web/20090327094147/http://www.lijit.com/press/press_releases/06252007">Lijit Networks, Inc. Secures $3.3 Million Series B Investment Round Led by Boulder Ventures</a></li><br><p><li><strong>January 22, 2007 - </strong><a href="/web/20090327094147/http://www.lijit.com/press/press_releases/01222007">Lijit Networks, Inc. Secures Funding, Launches Personal Network Search and Partners with FeedBurner, Inc.</a></li> </ul><br><br><p><p><h2 class="username">Featured Stories</h2> <ul><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2008/11/10/10readwriteweb-look_out_google_site_search_li.html">NYTimes.com - "Look Out Google Site Search, Lijit Says It's Right On Your Heels"</a></strong> <ul><em><br>"We think Lijit is quite interesting and we're not surprised to find out that many other bloggers around the web agree."</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search/Lijit-Buys-BigSwerve-For-Comment-Search-Cred/">eWeek.com - "Lijit Buys BigSwerve for Comment Search Cred"</a></strong> <ul><em><br>"Lijit is plying its trade because user-generated content, which is highly distributed across social networks, blogs and forums, is hard to find with conventional Internet search that relies on site statistics and popularity."</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/lijit_acquires_bigswerve.php">ReadWriteWeb - "Lijit Acquires Comment Search Engine BigSwerve"</a></strong> <ul><em><br>"Lijit plans to integrate the BigSwerve technology into their personal search engine product to learn more about the sphere of influence that publishers in their network have."</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/26/lijit-takes-33-million-series-b/">TechCrunch - "Lijit Takes $3.3 million Series B"</a></strong> <ul><em><br>"Social media search company Lijit has secured $3.3 million in Series B funding. ... [Lijit is]...essentially a one point box to search any published material from a company or individual no matter where it is, be it on blogs, Flickr or other social networking sites."</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://mashable.com/2007/06/25/lijit-round-closed/">Mashable - "Lijit Closes on Second Round of Funding with $3.3M"</a></strong> <ul><em><br>"Lijit, the niche search service for blogs, has closed on a $3.3 million second round of funding. ... Lijit’s biggest differentiating factors are its search and analytics tools, which are beneficial to both bloggers and site visitors, and offers a more complete approach to incorporating one’s network when it comes to finding blogger-specific information."</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://altsearchengines.com/2007/06/07/search-engine-of-the-day-lijit/">Alt Search Engines - "Search Engine of the Day - Lijit"</a></strong> <ul><em><br>"One search for “dentist Boulder Colorado” could return bookmarks to four dentists that your friends use, the web site of an oral surgeon that you father knows from school, and articles from online journals that that particular oral surgeon read last week! Maybe you better just try it out!"</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://www.bcbr.com/article.asp?id=86824">Boulder County Business Report - "The return of the dot-com"</a></strong> <ul><em><br>"Louisville-based Lijit Networks Inc. is another dot-com trying to make the Web more like real life by providing a different kind of search capability..."</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://www.journamarketing.com/journamarketing/2007/05/how_to_use_soci.html">JournaMarketing - "How to use social media correctly..."</a></strong> <ul><em><br>"But here's what impresses me most: after installing the widget, I got an email from Tara Anderson, the "Lijit evangelist." ... Because of that effort, I'm blogging about Lijit, rather than simply using the tool in my sidebar."</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://www.terrygold.com/t/2007/05/resources_for_e.html">terrygold.com - "Resources for Entrepreneurs"</a></strong> <ul><em><br>"...the problem is sorting through all the information and figuring out what is good and what isn't so good. Another local company, Lijit, has come up with a solution."</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2007/05/widgets_the_rem.html">Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing - "Widgets - The Remora Business Model - Photobucket and MyBlogLog figured it out"</a></strong> <ul><em><br>"Starting today I am using Lijit for searching my blog. ... I have tested it out and it works great. The installation was simple, automatic, and flawless. I was up and running in a few minutes."</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://www.feld.com/blog/archives/002314.html">Feld Thoughts - "The Lijit Wijit"</a></strong> <ul><em><br>"If you are a blogger, it’s time to consider implementing Lijit for your blog search. ... The Re-Search feature is pure magic."</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://onlyonce.blogs.com/onlyonce/2007/05/feeling_less_li.html"> OnlyOnce - "Feeling Less Like a Luddite: Welcome, Lijit!"</a></strong> <ul><em><br>"Using Lijit, you can search not just the text of the blog itself...but Lijit also goes out and searches a few other buckets of related content all in the same fell swoop."</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://widgetology.blogspot.com/2007/05/lijit-search-widget.html"> widgetology!! - "Lijit search widget."</a></strong> <ul><em><br>"A cool little widget i think, you can use it as a way of letting people search through all of the stuff you are interested in..."</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://dailycamera.com/news/2007/apr/24/venture-capital-at-6-year-high/"> Daily Camera (Boulder, CO) - "Venture capital at a 6-year high"</a></strong> <ul><em><br>"Venture capital firms invested $100.4 million in 13 Colorado companies during the first quarter..." ... "Nearly three-quarters of the investments traced by the MoneyTree Report went to Boulder County companies..."</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_100_alt_search_engines_april07.php"> Read/Write Web - "The Top 100 Alternative Search Engines, April 2007"</a></strong> <ul><em><br>Lijit makes its first appearance in Read/Write Web's Top 100 Alternative Search Engine list.</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://www.feld.com/blog/archives/002297.html"> Feld Thoughts - "Widget Stats"</a></strong> <ul><em><br>"One of the innovation factories that I’m an investor in is Lijit. Stan James and Todd Vernon are obsessed with getting stuff out the door on a short cycle, testing it in the real world, and iterating. ...on Monday it was the first “known” (at least to me) widget stat report."</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://www.blogs.dhenderson.com/David_Henderson/?p=265"> David Henderson's Blog - "Finally saw Stan in Boulder - Lijit Re-Search Rocks!"</a></strong> <ul><em><br>"At the end of the day, kudos to Lijit for coming up with a very clever way to leverage the “wisdom of your network” to drive first time context for your visitors."</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://www.spiderbait.com/seo-expert/2007/04/lijit-aid-for-go-toperson.asp"> Spiderbait - "Lijit: Aid for the "Go-To" person"</a></strong> <ul><em><br>"Lijit works under the frame of thought that people prefer to search their "friends" network for good information rather than a stranger; stranger being a search engine in this case, mainly because it would eliminate a great deal of unrelated information and spam."</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://searchistheos.blogspot.com/2007/03/lijit-redesign-whos-being-searched.html"> Search Is the Internet OS! - "Lijit redesign: Who's Being Searched Right Now?"</a></strong> <ul><em><br>"My favorite feature...is the reporting. Lijit reports on the searches performed, their sources, content clicked on, top 25 searches and more such that you can get a better understanding of your reader community."</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/tech/article/0,2777,DRMN_23910_5394897,00.html"> Rocky Mountain News - "Timing His Pitch: Startup's life hangs on entrepreneur's 13-minute talk to venture capitalists"</a></strong> <ul><em><br>"Eleven PowerPoint slides formed the heart of Vernon's presentation. A key point: People use trusted bloggers to find information they can't find elsewhere."</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://www.socialsignal.com/blog/rob-cottingham/lijit-a-social-web-search-widget"> Social Signal - "Lijit: a social web search widget"</a></strong> <ul><em><br>"[Lijit wants] to combine web searches with the filtering process we constantly pursue as we build our personal networks..."</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://mashable.com/2007/01/22/lijit/"> Mashable - "Lijit Funded, Partners With Feedburner" </a></strong> <ul><em><br>"Lijit...has raised $900K in funding...also announced a partnership with Feedburner today to provide search services for FeedBurner’s 200 or so publisher networks...is now focused on “Personal Network Search."</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/local_business/article/0,1713,BDC_2461_4953116,00.html">The Daily Camera (Boulder, CO)</a></strong> <ul><em><br>"The company hopes to...get people to the Web sites they want to see in a more productive manner."</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://www.feld.com/blog/archives/001934.html">Feld Thoughts - "I'm Trying to be Lijit"</a></strong> <ul><em><br>"I’ve made a few new investments addressing the "dynamics of information" problem. Interestingly (at least to me), two of them are in Boulder..."</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://majestic.typepad.com/seth/2006/10/spying_on_trans.html">Transparent Bundles - "Spying on Transparencey"</a></strong> <ul><em><br>"We were on our way to Web 2.0 conference, where we had a slot in the afternoon to host the first AttentionTrust board meeting, open to the public. Little has changed since then. And yet everything has changed. ... Stan James, along with support from Mike Frumin, Tony Lieuallen and others, developed the code for ATX, followed his passion. He moved to Boulder to turn his vision for Outfoxed into the business of Lijit Networks..." </em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://www.techrockies.com/story/0005406.html">Techrockies Interview with <a href="users/stan">Stan</a></strong></a> <ul><em><br> "[Lijit] is developing browser extensions to help web users identify safe web sites."</em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://coloradostartups.com/?p=83">Colorado Startups Podcast</a></strong> <ul><em><br>A Lijit Interview with <a href="users/stan">Stan</a> and <a href="users/toddvernon">Todd</a>.</strong></em></ul></li><br><p><li><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://coloradostartups.com/?p=88">Colorado Startups</a></strong> <ul><em><br> "I think Lijit is a well intentioned system and has the potential to be a truly useful service."</em></ul></li><br> </ul><p><a href="/web/20090327094147/http://www.lijit.com/press/outfoxed">Continue on for stories about Outfoxed (who we were before we became "Lijit")...</a><p><a href="press/art">Lijit Logos and Artwork</a><p></div></div> </div> <div class="contentBtm"></div> <div class="foot"> <div class="footContent clearfix"> <div class="footNav"> <div class="ads"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://www.lijit.com/advertiser">Advertise</a> </div> <ul> <li>Our Company</li> <li><a href="/web/20090327094147/http://www.lijit.com/who_we_are">Team</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20090327094147/http://www.lijit.com/press">Press</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20090327094147/http://www.lijit.com/investors">Investors</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li>Contact Us</li> <li><a href="/web/20090327094147/http://www.lijit.com/phone_and_address">Contact Info</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20090327094147/http://www.lijit.com/feedback">Feedback</a></li> <li> <script> xxx='port@l'; document.write ("<a href='mailto:sup"+xxx+"ijit.com'>Support</a>"); </script> </li> <li><a href="/web/20090327094147/http://www.lijit.com/jobs">Jobs</a></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327094147/http://www.lijit.com/advertiser">Advertise</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li>Legal Stuff</li> <li><a href="/web/20090327094147/http://www.lijit.com/privacy_policy">Privacy Policy</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20090327094147/http://www.lijit.com/publisher_agreement">Publisher Agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20090327094147/http://www.lijit.com/reader_tou">Reader Terms of Use</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20090327094147/http://www.lijit.com/legal_terms">Legal Terms</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <p style="position:absolute; bottom:3px; left:10px;">Copyright © 2009 Lijit Networks Inc. 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