Advantage Business Media seeks buyer for FindGuru.Advantage Business Media (Newton, MA) is seeking a buyer for its FindGuru vertical search engine A Web-based search engine that indexes content specialized by location (local venues and activities), by topic, typically for consumers, or by industry, geared to businesses (B2B). , a property the company acquired as part of its purchase of the New Products division from Reed Business Information Reed Business Information is a large business publisher in the United States, United Kingdom, continental Europe, Australia and Asia. It is a division of Reed Elsevier. In 2005, Reed Business Information started the Quill Awards, a literary award broadcast on NBC. (Rockaway Rockaway, narrow peninsula, c.10 mi (16 km) long, SW Long Island, SE N.Y., in Queens borough of New York City. Separating Jamaica Bay from the Atlantic Ocean and isolated from the rest of New York City, the densely populated peninsula owes its growth to road and rail , NJ) in July of this year. Launched in early 2005, FindGuru, formerly ReedLink, is a vertical product search engine that locates products, product specifications, and companies, connects buyers and suppliers of various vertical markets and provides its users access to relevant information needed to make purchasing decisions. The engine launched with coverage of the Manufacturing sector followed by coverage of the Life Sciences and Construction segments at the end of 2005. Advantage had is currently expanding coverage to the Electronics segment, including wireless technology and broadband technology broadband technology Telecommunications devices, lines, or technologies that allow communication over a wide band of frequencies, and especially over a range of frequencies divided into multiple independent channels for the simultaneous transmission of different signals. . Overall, the engine searched a database of over 15,000 product categories and over 50,000 manufacturers. Earlier this month, Advantage added blog blog, short for web log, an online, regularly updated journal or newsletter that is readily accessible to the general public by virtue of being posted on a website. capability to the service. |
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