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Dave Jansik, Senior Ontologist and Content Producer at LookSmart.com, explains the history of the Looksmart directory and considers the future of directories. (March 2, 2005)

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Pay -- and keep paying -- or don't appear, LookSmart told existing and new listing customers last month, in a significant change to how the human-powered search engine lists web pages from commercial web sites. Nh mls listing search

LookSmart's recent $20 million acquisition of Zeal will help it build its directory more quickly. But can it do the same for earnings?

The move by LookSmart to acquire Zeal is an important one from an image standpoint. Companies whose living is 100% dependent on the Internet must show that they recognize the importance of knowledge exchange and interactivity as opposed to staying locked into top-down or broadcast-mode communications.