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Goal.com selects blinkx for video search

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goalcom.pngblinkx will power video search at Goal.com. Goal.com represents the largest football community in the world, with 16 language versions, covering 210 countries. Goal.com provides users with the breaking news, live scores, match previews and latest club news through its interactive website and community forums.

Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx will enable Goal.com to access blinkx’s index of over 14 million hours of audio and video content. blinkx will bring video search and its popular video wall feature to the Goal.com website, in addition to automatically delivering relevant videos to accompany the thousands of text articles available to users at Goal.com.

Originally posted on October 15, 2007 @ 7:07 am

Truveo, Kewego to make major brand searchable on the web

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truveo.pngTruveo is working with Kewego to enhance Truveo’s industry-leading video search engine with high-quality content from hundreds of European major-brand video producers.

“In the past 12 months there has been an explosion of professional video on the Web,” said Timothy Tuttle, CEO and Co-Founder of Truveo and Senior Vice President of AOL Video. “Kewego is one of the leading distributors of major-brand video in Europe and we are excited to work with them to make it easy for users to discover all of their high-quality content.”

Kewego has developed the a leading European white label video platform serving the largest European Television, Press and Internet group and gathering more than 10 million unique viewers each month. With presence in more than 20 countries, its solutions are used today by thousand of customers including M6, Television Española, LYCOS, Orange and G+J.

Originally posted on October 15, 2007 @ 10:29 am

Disaboom acquires Lovebyrd.com

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disaboom.pngDisaboom, Inc., the first online community for people living with or directly affected by disabilities or functional limitations, announced the acquisition of Lovebyrd.com, an online dating and social networking service. Consideration for the deal consisted of part cash/part stock of Disaboom.

Lovebyrd.com provides a dating community and friendship network for single men and women living with disabilities around the world. Following the acquisition, Disaboom intends to re-brand Lovebyrd.com under the Disaboom umbrella and to immediately offer it as a free service within disaboom.com.

Originally posted on October 11, 2007 @ 10:20 pm

Dogster, Inc. surpasses 500,000 member mark

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dogster.pngDogster, Inc., creator of the Dogster.com and Catster.com online communities, announced that its number of pet-loving members has exceeded 500,000. This is the next benchmark in the sites’ runs as the fastest-growing pet-focused online destinations, with over 560,000 member logins in September alone. Here are a few of the recent major milestones reached by Dogster, Inc.:

Over 57.6 million site gifts have been given by members to other members
Over 17.5 million distinct friend-to-friend connections have been made
Over 3 million dog and cat photos have been uploaded
Over 20 thousand videos have been uploaded
Over 10.8 thousand member-established and groups have been created

Originally posted on October 10, 2007 @ 11:58 am

GiftCertificates.com to offer American Express branded shopping card

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amex.pngGiftCertificates.com, provider of incentive based and e-commerce gift card solutions, has partnered with American Express Incentive Services (AEIS) to offer their Persona shopping card to customers.

The Persona shopping card allows recipients to select from more than 170 popular retail, travel and entertainment establishments for electronics, apparel, jewelry, gift, home and garden, sporting goods, toys, accommodations, cruises, car rental, vacation packages, luggage and more.

The American Express-branded Card offered by GiftCertificates.com will also enable GiftCertificates.com customers to feature their own brand, logo, campaign theme or other messaging to help deliver positive reinforcement and increase impact. This easy to administer incentive Card program will give employers the flexibility to offer a customized reward experience for their unique audience.

Originally posted on October 10, 2007 @ 3:07 pm