< "Looksmart are actively working on getting, it's more than 100...

< "Looksmart are actively working on getting, it's more than 100 companies, it's quite a large number of different groups using the API" .................."we're talking to a lot of different types of companies" >

And if that's not telling the market, that strong "growth" is anticipated for Looksmart during 2007, I'm not sure what is?

The SENSATIONAL TRAFFIC INCREASE (as shown) along with the addition of "more than 100 advertising companies" (re; the API) will also ensure increased revenues for Looksmart, no doubt!

When a private Google Group member reported that oodle.com were 'powering' classifieds for local.com, it was worth a look at the progress of this craigslist type, look-a-like.

http://local.oodle.com/

It seems that "we" were always pretty 'sweet' with them as can be seen within this Looksmart About us/investor/media report page.

http://www.shareholder.com/Looksmart/MediaCoverageDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=176866

And a progression for oodle.com (& classifieds with local.com) to the UK seems a formality, one could imagine?

http://blog.oodle.com/?p=26

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=FindArticles+in+oodle.com&meta=&btnG=Google+Search

oodle.com are already listed within suitable verticles, as is shown here:

http://www.looksmartminneapolis.com/p/search?qt=Willard-Hay+minneapolis&tb=art&qf=free&x=0&y=0&vcat=cat2

And when asked (on the oodle.com blog)

< When will you offer an API? > ....The answer?

"This is mentioned in my previous post. We have an API that we’ve deployed with a few partners."

http://blog.oodle.com/?p=25

Geez I like where this is all heading .....It's UNLIMITED really, this new model. Think about it?

Go LOK! - 2007 should be very good.

dj