i posted to the google lok 'long' group

Yes .... I've just posted to the Looksmart Google Group, a message, I will now share here, on Hot Copper. But ..... Only for those who can read !!!

Hi Group Members !! - (Thursday afternoon, OZ)

When Bobby Darren sang that song "Multiplication" (to Sandra Dee) in the movie ("Come September"), many years ago, he must have been thinking of Looksmart, with the revenue generating opportunities Verticals will soon provide!! - "Multiplication" .... That's the name of the game!!

http://www.thaipro.com/shop/2u-come%20september-B00008CMRN.htm

Revenues that,(with many publishers - 10 Million Articles, in F/A now!!) LOOK's Verticles will provide, as things start to warm up !!

Check this list out now!!

Yes ........ And Verticals keep 'popping up' everywhere !!!!! - Here they are!!

Start Your Vertical Search - http://aboutus.looksmart.com/

Your full-time study resource - 24HourScholar
http://www.24hourscholar.com/

Making time for moms on the go – GoBelle
http://www.gobelle.com/

Great homework help, great grades – GradeWinner
http://www.GradeWinner.com/

Fire up yourself & your world - DynoMind
http://www.DynoMind.com/

Everyday, practical answers - Lumiverse
http://www.lumiverse.com/

Sharing heritage, sea to shining sea - OurBigCountry
http://www.OurBigCountry.com/

Your online parenting resource – ParentSurf
http://www.ParentSurf.com/

You rule the school! - Teenja
http://www.Teenja.com/

Discovery and online fun for kids - Zinkle
http://www.Zinkle.com/

All about living things - ZoeticZone
http://www.ZoeticZone.com/

Along with a mind blowing !!! (now) :

10,000,000 articles - not found on any other search engine - FindArticles
http://www.FindArticles.com/

Keeping your kids safe on the internet – NetNanny
http://www.NetNanny.com/

Help build the best directory search – Zeal
http://www.Zeal.com/

Search. Exactly. Try LookSmart's search engine –WiseNut
http://www.wisenut.com/

Distributed web crawling - Grub (And a "new" look, too!!)
http://www.Grub.com/

I am waiting in the "Queue" in OZ for 5000 'traders' to take me for the next 3 days, before posting this, on the boards!! - (Almost have them!! Just, 2118 to go!!)

It is so plain to see, (I do honestly feel) that the 'concept' of Publishers/Blogging/Linked RSS/Furl/Spurl/Amazon's A9 "OpenSearch", etc, etc, will most certainly, now take a lot of 'search' advertising dollars off of, the likes of GOOG,YHOO, MSN. ASKJ & AOL.

http://opensearch.a9.com/-/search/moreColumns.jsp

I have absolutely NO doubt and an indication (already) is that these BIG Portals, are all now 'rushing out' their own copycat 'version' of personal search, to try and go with the movement. They fail to understand or, maybe accept, that the Publisher/advertising 'set', want 'cheaper' alternatives to their, (that is, the larger Portals, up until to now), 'monopolistic type', greedy PPC costs, (approach), that advertisers have had to bare!!

Only an opinion, of course!!

Ross/LC