Snap Preview Anywhere(TM) Adoption Skyrockets as Web Publishers and Bloggers Embrace Ability to Include Previews on Sites.More Than 15,000 Publishers Signed up and More Than 15 Million Previews Served in Five Weeks since Launch Free Services (O.Eng. Law) such feudal services as were not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum of money, etc. See also: Free Provide Website Owners with Comprehensive Search and Site Preview Capabilities PASADENA, Calif. -- Perfect Market Technologies, Inc., operator of Snap.com, today announced that more than 15,000 website owners, bloggers and web publishers have signed up for Snap Preview Anywhere (SPA), the company's free service that delivers cutting-edge site previews to websites. In addition, the company has served more than 15 million website previews in the month since the service became available, and is now serving more than a million previews daily. Building on Snap.com's innovative, visual approach to presenting web search results, Snap Preview Anywhere allows anyone visiting an enabled site to hover An option in Microsoft Internet Explorer that removes the permanent underline from hypertext links. The underline displays automatically and only when the cursor is placed over (hovers over) the link. Hover is available in Tools/Internet Options/Advanced/Underline links. over a link to receive an immediate glimpse of hyperlinked pages, without having to navigate (1) "Surfing the Web." To move from page to page on the Web. (2) To move through the menu structure in a software application. away from the current page. This allows users to quickly decide if a site is worth visiting before actually clicking on the link. Snap Preview Anywhere provides content publishers with a quick, easy and free way to retain site visitors while offering a much richer user experience. "SPA is an efficiency tool - it saves time for the reader, and that's a good thing for the publisher. I like it so much I put it on TechCrunch," said Michael Arrington J. Michael Arrington (born March 13 1970 in Orange, California)[1] is a serial entrepreneur and the maintainer of TechCrunch, a blog covering the Silicon Valley and wider United States technology start-up community. , Editor, Techcrunch.com. Snap Preview Anywhere gives website owners, bloggers and web publishers the ability to leverage Snap.com's award-winning visual search technology and massive library of webpage images for use on their own sites. Implementing Snap Preview Anywhere is quick and easy. Publishers simply navigate to http://www.snap.com, click on the Partners/Advertisers link, select Snap Preview Anywhere, put the code on their site and Snap takes care of the rest - automatically. A Wordpress plug-in has also been developed. "We're thrilled thrill v. thrilled, thrill·ing, thrills v.tr. 1. To cause to feel a sudden intense sensation; excite greatly. 2. To give great pleasure to; delight. See Synonyms at enrapture. by the overwhelmingly positive response from web publishers validating val·i·date tr.v. val·i·dat·ed, val·i·dat·ing, val·i·dates 1. To declare or make legally valid. 2. To mark with an indication of official sanction. 3. our belief that visual previews enhance the search experience," said Tom McGovern of Snap.com. "With Snap Preview Anywhere, we're excited to give content publishers of all kinds an easy and free way to employ the same technology that powers Snap.com's visual search for use on their own sites, making them more engaging and increasing their stickiness." Sites that have implemented Snap Preview Anywhere functionality include: http://www.techcrunch.com, http://www.laughingsquid.com, http://www.dexly.com, http://www.crunchgear.com, http://joi.ito.com/, http://mobilecrunch.com, http://lafd.blogspot.com, http://uxmag.com and http://thinkvitamin.com/. Site owners from more than 60 countries have signed up to use SPA. Additional details about Snap Preview Anywhere can be found at http://www.snap.com/about/spa1B.php. About Snap.com Snap.com is a web search engine See Web search engines. that, with its visual approach to search and intuitive user interface, provides users with a unique and more efficient way to view and interact with search results. Snap.com also delivers to businesses a more cost-effective advertising model that aligns search relevance with advertiser goals while also protecting them from click fraud. Snap.com was recently chosen as one of TIME magazine's 50 Coolest Websites of 2006 and, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Hitwise, was one of the fastest growing websites for the month of September 2006. About Perfect Market Technologies Perfect Market Technologies, Inc., operator of Snap.com, is dedicated to getting users to results they really want faster. Snap.com delivers superior relevance and visual, rich and interactive search results to broadband users, and offers risk-free, flexible Cost-Per-Action advertising with unmatched ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). to advertisers. Perfect Market is a network company of Idealab, a creator and operator of technology businesses, with additional funding from Mayfield Fund Mayfield Fund is a venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California, home to many of Silicon Valley's leading venture capital firms. Mayfield was founded in 1969 by Tommy Davis, one of the first venture capitalists. . Snap.com builds on Idealab's achievements in the search industry, including its creation of the paid search model through its former network company Overture overture, instrumental musical composition written as an introduction to an opera, ballet, oratorio, musical, or play. The earliest Italian opera overtures were simply pieces of orchestral music and were called sinfonie. Services, which was acquired by Yahoo! in 2003. Perfect Market Technologies is based in Pasadena, CA. Perfect Market Technologies, Inc. and Snap.com are trademarks of Perfect Market Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. [c]2006 All rights reserved. |
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