Monthly News Recap

Here you will find a recap of monthly events, news and information from LeapFish. You will be able to get a snapshot of each months overall activity and where we are heading.

Summer Update

New Product Release!

The latest release, LeapFish 2.0, will allow users to access, command and interact with the web, experiencing real time search, videos, images, shopping and more.

The LeapFish Team is already planning the highly anticipated launch and is very excited by the initial response from top media publications. Several exclusive demos with top media publications have already been scheduled and it’s only a matter of time before the world experiences Search 2.0.

Top Print & Online Publications:

Alt Search Engines

Search Cowboys, a top search engine news publication, connected with LeapFish CEO Ben Behrouzi to capture the difference between the future of LeapFish and that of traditional meta engines and aggregators. The interview resulted in a very informative Q&A session reflecting the developmental trajectory of LeapFish.


LeapFish Affiliate Program:

The LeapFish Affiliate Program is LIVE!

The highly anticipated LeapFish Affiliate Program was released this Summer and the response has exceeded our expectations! The Affiliate Program empowers thousands of bloggers, publishers and LeapFish supporters with the ability to integrate LeapFish search within their on websites and blogs.

The release of the affiliate program adds an additional avenue in the overall marketing and branding initiative behind LeapFish. A healthy growth trajectory in affiliate integrations and widget installation has translated into exponential gains in reach & traffic.

LeapFish: Useful & Unique

LeapFish users are digging deeper & staying longer surpassing top MetaCrawlers & Aggregators!

LeapFish is far from being the typical search aggregator or meta-crawler as seen in the graph to the left. Leapfish users stay longer and access more data than ever before!

Typical aggregators/meta-crawlers simply pull in search results from Google Yahoo and MSN. LeapFish is a multimedia search, combining videos, news, images, blogs, and a growing list of popular information sources online. Users are staying longer and digging deeper due to the increasing amount of relevant information that is readily available.

Traffic Rankings:

LeapFish broke 20K on Alexa this week and our traffic is skyrocketing! LeapFish is now ranked 19,826 in the world and our traffic continues to climb! this is incredible given that LeapFish launched less than a year ago and we have yet to launch LeapFish 2.0!


Enhancements to LeapFish Search Engine:

LeapFish is pushing Search to 2.0 with Twitter Trends! One of the greatest things about Twitter is that it is a great place to track emerging trends. When major events or big stories occur it will occasionally hit Twitter Trends prior to hitting major news outlets, people tweet about it then the story inevitably ends up as a top trend.

Leapfish continues to push search to 2.0 with sophisticated real time search functionality. Now you can access Twitter Trends as they occur from the convience of your Leapfish Homepage.

May Update

May has been a month of recognition for LeapFish and for LeapFish CEO Ben Behrouzi. LeapFish was selected as a Finalist for the 2009 American Business Awards ‘Stevie Award’ for Best Interface Design. More than 2,600 entries from companies of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration in more than 40 categories.

The American Business Awards is the only national, all-encompassing awards program honoring great performances in business. LeapFish was selected by business professionals nationwide during more than five weeks of judging.

Shortly after the finalist nomination LeapFish CEO Ben Behrouzi attended the Silicon Valley Business Journal Top 40 under 40 Ceremony. The prestigious 40 under 40 recognizing the top 40 innovators in Silicon Valley has recognized Ben Behrouzi for consistent innovation over the last 10 years. Ben Behrouzi was selected alongside Google Vice President of Search Products Marissa Mayer & was listed on the first page of the ten page article published on May 22nd.

Top Print & Online Publications:

Internet Evolution

Internet Evolution a premier online news publication, took the time to discuss how LeapFish is pioneering Search 2.0 by combining the best of the web in one familiar Interface.

Channel Web

Channel Web, a leader in Social Media news came across LeapFish while reviewing the recently launched search engine, Wolfram Alpha. Channel Web stated that the Speed and clean interface make LeapFish easy and pleasant to use.

New LeapFish Media:

A series of educational videos were released in May featuring Leapfish CEO Ben Behrouzi. This series of videos focuses on LeapFish pioneering Search 2.0 & the LeapFish Value Proposition. Leapfish is more than just a simple aggregator that displays websites from other search engines. LeapFish is a multimedia search engine that combines and renders the best of the web in the form of videos, news, images, blogs and popular information sources online. This series speaks to that difference.

The series can be found on the LeapFish Youtube Channel and under the Video Section on the LeapFish Blog.


April Update

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LeapFish had a very exciting month in April. The LeapFish Team attended the Web 2.0 Expo and Ad:Tech Conventions in San Francisco, CA. Leapfish had several interviews with top technology online news resources; Internet Evolution, Dow Jones Venture Beat, Information Week, Internet Evolution, FastCompany Magazine & The Madison Avenue Journal.

LeapFish also met with FastCompany Magazine while attending Ad:Tech, meeting Noah Robischon, the Online Executive Editor, and others on the FastCompany Team.

Top Print & Online Publications:

Alt Search Engines

Alt Search Engines, a premier search engine review site, has posted a new video about LeapFish. They have posted numerous articles about LeapFish since the launch in November 2008.

PC World

LeapFish was given a Lab Tour and Editor Review at the PC World Offices in San Francisco. LeapFish can now be seen in the June Issue of PC World Magazine.

SEOMoz

SEOmoz a leader in Search Engine Optimization and Marketing wrote a weekly round up piece about the Popular Free Domain Appraisal Widget that LeapFish recently launched.

Another Historic Alexa Milestone is Passed:

The LeapFish Alexa Rank has climbed steadily since launching in November of 2008. In 5 short months LeapFish has risen from an Alexa ranking of over 100,000 (Alexa only recognizes the top 1% online and will not rank you unless you pass 100,000 in ranking) to a new high of 29,834 worldwide traffic rank (breaking 30,000) and a rank of 8,584 in the United States. Our Domestic Ranking in the US indicates that we have passed other top search engines such as Cuil.com , MetaCrawler and many more.

Enhancements to LeapFish Search Engine:

LeapFish is developing relationships with more than 200 leading online authorities in search, news, imagery, videos, real estate and others to continue to capture more of the growing web’s variety. Another widget was added to the growing LeapFish group of online authorities;

Local Reviews Powered by Yelp API

LeapFish continues to launch powerful data widgets. The newest addition is the Yelp Local Review Widget. Enter a city, state and any local service and LeapFish will automatically generate 3 local business listings with ratings and reviews.

Yelp – Covering 24 city editions, Yelp helps people find businesses, events, special offers and other listings, with reviews from over 5 million Yelp Users.

Example: Type in “Thai Food San Francisco CA” and you will see a local review show up to the right of your Search Results.

Awards:

Tri-Valley Innovation Network nominated LeapFish for their Innovators award. This award is for local entrepreneurs that are on the rise, and continue to innovate in the Marketplace. Tri-Valley Innovation Network also took the time to stop by the LeapFish Headquarters to interview LeapFish CEO Ben Behrouzi.

Analyst Interviews:

analyst IDC, Forrester and Kiplinger interviewed Ben Behrouzi, LeapFish CEO, about the way LeapFish finds and displays rich media information and has an advertising model that is allowing advertisers the opportunity to own positions within the LeapFish search results as opposed to high PPC Costs.

All 3 are premier global providers of market intelligence,advisory services, and events for information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets.

March Update

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LeapFish had a very exciting month of March. In 5 short months LeapFish has passed some of the Top Search Engines according to Alexa.com’s Domestic traffic rankings. LeapFish has passed Cuil (previous Google engine developers), Powerset (now owned by MSN, HotBot (owned by Lycos), MetaCrawler (owned by Dogpile) and many more…

Alexa has built an unparalleled database of information about sites that includes, statistics, related links and more.

Growth on Alexa translates into more returning and unique visitors. People continue to try LeapFish and of those a majority continue to use LeapFish on a daily basis. This Loyalty has propelled LeapFish to new heights while gaining recognition in the media. Below you will see a few examples of our increased recognition online and offline.

Top Online & Print Publications:

Entrepreneur

LeapFish was highlighted in Entrepreneur Magazine as a New Way to Search. Entrepreneur Magazine is the Premier Resource for Business Owners & Entrepreneurs across the Nation.

Mashable.com

LeapFish was featured as a part of Mashable.com’s Spark of Genius Series Sponsored by Microsoft. The Spark of Genius series highlights start ups with innovative groundbreaking technology. Mashable.com is a leading resource for all the is new online and is one of the Alexa Top 1,000 Sites online, Alexa currently ranks over 200 Million Websites Worldwide!

Bay Area News Group

David Morrill, Technology Reporter for the Bay Area News Group visited LeapFish in March and published a Front Page article on March 16th. The Bay Area News Group reaches over 1.9 Million Readers a day with 30 Million Monthly page views. Since Silicon Valley is the epicenter for innovation Publications like USA Today picked up the story as well!

LeapFish on Top Social Media Websites:

Enhancements to LeapFish Search Engine:

LeapFish is developing relationships with more than 200 leading online authorities in search, news, imagery, videos, real estate and others to continue to capture more of the growing web’s variety. Below you will see 2 new authorities added this month. This is only the beginning!

Free Domain Name Appraisal Service

LeapFish has re-launched its popular free domain name appraisal service. Due to high consumer and fan demand, the LeapFish Development Team has revamped the domain appraisal system making it more attractive to users.

Example: Type in “flickr.com , flickr.net , www.flickr.com , or www.flickr.net and you will see a free domain appraisal widget show up to the right of your results.

Free Real Estate Evaluation Service

LeapFish is taking search to the next level. You can easily type in a “city & State” or an “address” and instantaneously you will see an up to date Real Estate Evaluation from Cyber Homes.

Example: Type in “4577 Brannigan St. Dublin, Ca” and you will see a free evaluation widget show up to the right of your search results.

Example 2: Type in “Miami, Fl” and you will see a Free Market Evaluation for that are to the right of your search results.

LeapFish in the Community:

LeapFish is working with the San Francisco Chapter of St. Jude’s Research Hospital to set up several Sponsorship opportunities to give back to the Children and Community.

LeapFish will be sponsoring a prize at the St. Jude Dream Giveaway. On June 21st St. Jude is giving $250,000.00 to a lucky winner and LeapFish will also be giving away a brand new Playstation 3 with Blue Ray and a flat screen tv.