ChaCha lands $3M investment
The Carmel-based company said the latest round of financing extends a $20 million investment it received in October to fund an expansion of its signature mobile service.
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SEO firm Slingshot hitting target from the start
With $1.3 million in annual sales, Indianapolis-based Slingshot generates enough cash to fund its own growth—and turns away about half of its prospective clients, all of whom want to get their websites to pop up high on the first page of Google search results.
Health care marketers taking the pulse of consumers’ online habits
Health care marketers can adapt to, and even use to their advantage, the online search habits of consumers.
Understanding when and why people search for specific health-related terms is vital to attracting more
visitors (i.e. patients) to a Web site.
ALTOM: Go above and beyond Google for Web searches
It’s getting so you have to use a search engine on the Internet to find a search engine. There are now dozens, perhaps hundreds,
many of them highly specialized.
ChaCha co-founder dancing to different drum
ChaCha Search Inc. co-founder Brad Bostic has stepped down as president of the human-assisted Internet search company, which
is struggling to turn a profit in a dismal advertising climate, but he hasn’t left. "Brad is still engaged with the company
as a director, co-founder and consultant," said co-founder and CEO Scott Jones.
There’s more to ‘tweets’ than meets the eye
I’m starting to rethink my initial reaction to dismiss Twitter and now see its benefits to gauging opinion, as well as gathering ideas and doing research.
Local Conrad hotel honored
Conrad Indianapolis has been recognized as the No. 1 U.S. hotel by Expedia Insiders’ Select List 2009.
Fools log in: Google leads the pack in April gags
Every year, as the first of April rolls around, there are people—and companies—everywhere scheming to take
advantage of the gullible.
Compendium casts eye on national blog market
Two-year-old tech startup Compendium Blogware has launched its first out-of-state sales force and said it signed on 70 new
customers in the fourth quarter.
When you’ve got to get gear, open up Uncrate
Billing itself as “a Web magazine for guys who love stuff,” Uncrate posts daily updates about the best guy stuff found across the Internet and around the globe.
‘Instant gratification moments’ key to ChaCha’s biz strategy
Carmel-based ChaCha Search Inc. has been winning accolades and enough teen fans to rival Hannah Montana. But none of that makes it apparent how the company can make money giving free answers to random cell phone queries.
Emmis swings unique advertising deal with Google
Emmis Communications Corp. is turning to Google in its search for relief from a radio-industry slump. The local media company
is tapping the power of the popular Internet search engine to sell advertising for its Indianapolis and New York radio properties.