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Last week LeapFish helped sponsor web/search strategist & well respected blogger Bas Van Den Beld on his journey to Search Engine Strategies in New York. If you were at the conference you may have seen Bas as part of the group “Search Cowboys”. Bas currently writes for SearchEngineLand, SearchEngineWatch, SearchCowboys and is the Chief Editor at State of Search.  Last year LeapFish sponsored the hit evening event at Search Engine Strategies San Jose, SearchBash , with well over two thousand attendees and was delighted to sponsor Bas.

Search Engine Strategies New York is the premiere search event with well over 6,000 attendees this year and LeapFish was excited to contribute to the conference.  Bas goes on to describe his experience:

“Thanks for Leapfish for sponsoring me to get to SES New York. It is THE place to be when it comes to search engine marketing conferences and I’m glad I didn’t miss it. Next year I’m looking forward to seeing the Leapfish people at the conference ”

Bas writes with authority and always speaks true to innovation in search technology.  You can follow Bas Van Den Beld’s post’s here.

LeapFish was excited to take part in the festivities at SXSW this past weekend. The team was fortunate to engage directly with key influencers in the media, discussing the new web with Kevin Rose founder of Digg, Pete Cashmore founder of Mashable  (right), Robert Scoble of Building 43, Leo Laporte technology journalist and radio show host , and Clay Shirky writer, author and professor at NYU.

Lena Shaw, the Manager of PR and Social Media at LeapFish had the opportunity to sit down with one of SXSW’s featured editors Scott Kelly to discuss LeapFish and LeapFish culture. Scott Kelly currently writes for MyTekLife.com and took the time to understand the team behind the technology. SXSW now knows LeapFish employees are active, creative and love to spread the LeapFish love.  Stay tuned for the Spring issue of MyTekLife featuring Leonardo DiCaprio on the cover.

Our Team would like to thank SXSW for putting on another record breaking conference. SXSW brought it with a vengeance, our team is still recovering and we look foward to SXSW 2011!

The article goes on to discuss the need for real time results in search engines. Studies have shown that users are not finding Google Real Time results useful leading researches to believe that the results in general are not useful. However with their recent announcement, Twitter has seen a rush in innovation allowing smaller real time search engines to have access to their “firehose” feed.  Bas goes on to state that “Bing could be one of the real time search engines and compete with the likes of LeapFish”.

Behrouzi believes there are two types of real time searches that will attract users to sites like LeapFish:

“There are two types of real time searches,” Behrouzi said. “One occurs passively when the user is searching for a specific, potentially non real-time topic and they are offered real time results. The second occurs when a user is actively looking for a real time search experience for a particular topic. Including real time results in SERPs only addresses the first type of real time search, because it is an inadequate experience real-time content. The second type of real time search must be answered with a more multimedia experience that not only captures the piece of news occurring in real-time but also delivers the key imagery, video and opinions that users are looking for when actively performing a real-time search.”

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Attending SXSW will give the LeapFish Team an opportunity to interact with social media thought leaders and early adopters in the online community. The Team has already scheduled meetings with Robert Scoble, tech-enthusiast, & Pete Cashmore, founder of Mashable.com.

SXSW has been known to increase organic adoption of emerging technologies, for example in 2007 Twitter was unknown to the masses prior to thier appearance at SXSW. Twitter was up against a site called “Dodgeball”,a location based check-in service, as  a breakout hit at the conference. Twitter went on to win several awards and shocked the online community with a new way to network.  Surprisingly, Dodgeball was not adopted and fell off, now this year the spotlight is now on the creators of Dodgeball, for their latest creation Foursquare, a new location based social application with a gaming twist.

Geo-Locating technology was ahead of it’s time in 2007 but this shows how trends in the online community can shift based on needs and interests. LeapFish was described as an alternative to Google and Bing, recently coming out of Beta in 2009. As the web evolves LeapFish continues to work with the social media community, applying innovations based on needs and interests. This year the talk of the town is real-time search and geo-locating technologies, two areas that LeapFish is currently developing and innovating.

If you would like to meet with a member of the LeapFish team please send a @ reply to @LenaShaw or @LeapFishMedia.

If you’re attending SXSW, visit The Plancast List of Events for event details.

See you there!

The University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business recently conducted a study on the relationship between social media and small business. The study showed that nearly one in five small business owners are integrating social media into their business practices, and 75% have a profile or fanpage on Linkedin or Facebook.

The study also goes on to show that small business owners realize the unparalleled access to potential customers through the power of social media.  For example, local businesses with a storefront can use social media resources like Yelp to engage with potential customers. Search combined with social media has provided a new realm of marketing and lead generation. Say you plan a trip to San Francisco and you want to find a good Thai food restaurant. You can simply type in “Thai Food San Francisco, CA” on LeapFish, and you will see the top 3 recommended Thai food restaurants in San Francisco.

The evolution of the real-time web has also added a new vehicle for free targeted promotion.  Twitter enables small businesses to engage with potential consumers in real-time. Small business owners use Twitter to create brand loyalty by providing value and a face to the product. You can also engage with small business professionals that share similar experiences; SmallBusinessTrends.com provides a list that acts as a directory for all small businesses Ultimate Small Business Twitter List . Joining a community of Small Business owners provides a space to discuss strategy and share insight as changes occur in your industry.

Small business owners can also capitalize on the power of free promotion by setting up a blog or content page. They now have the power to join the conversation by providing meaningful incite. “The two primary reasons people use the web are to find solutions to their problems and to be entertained” said Denise Wickman. Simply follow the three E’s: Educate, entertain and engage, and you’ll be on your way to becoming a thought leader in your industry.

However, not all small business owners have the time to blog. Setting up a content page or social hub provides another form of free promotion.  On LeapFish you can set up a profile page to include your Twitter stream, profile information from Facebook and Linkedin, blog roll, images, and videos all in one page, consider it a convenient and optimized snapshot of your business at no charge.

With minimal effort you can turn your business into a living breathing brand online. LeapFish makes it easy for your potential customers to find all of your social media content in one destination.

The Super Mixer brought local talent, business, and non-profits together with well over 350 guests in attendance. People were excited to discuss LeapFish’s growth, job opportunities and the innovative ways LeapFish is improving search on the new web.

LeapFish would like to thank the team at Bay Area Business Link for putting on another successful event and encourages all companies to take the time to research ways to become a green company. Green companies will play an integral part in the preservation of our environment moving forward, the time is now & the environment will not wait.

Please see below for a list of resources.

Business.Gov

Sustainable Business

Natural Resource Defense Council

The Green Office

TreeHugger Green Business & Politics

Green Business Articles from AllBusiness.com

LeapFish recently integrated Topsy.com, a search engine that finds the most talked about links on Twitter and organizes them by popularity and influence. Users now have the most popular and influential links on Twitter identified for them.

For example, during the Winter Olympics thousands of conversations are occurring, hundreds of articles & blogs are being written, and millions of URL’s are being tweeted in real-time. Users want to know what’s happening now, who’s winning, the medal count, and injury reports as they occur. People want news now, not tomorrow. However this content must be accurate, the most accurate content is what users will share and that is how Topsy adds a new level of relevancy to LeapFish real-time search.

On LeapFish if you do a search for Winter Olympics, you will see breaking news, recently dugg articles , recent photos, recent videos, real time tweets , and the most popular content being tweeted in real-time on the web (shown below). Since we post photos & videos from sites like YouTube and Flickr live in real -time,  you might even find content from fans live at the games, content you wouldn’t have found anywhere else – streamed to you automatically in real-time.

Traditional search engines provide a different perspective on real-time search, displaying content within search results. For example  if you do a search on Google  for “Winter Olympics” you may see breaking news at the top of the page, then if you scroll down 4-5 links you will see a space for streaming real time content (shown below). LeapFish displays real-time content separate of traditional content in an easy to use interface, this interface provides a simple of way of determining relevancy and gives users the choice of searching traditional or real-time content.

As the web evolves, LeapFish will continue to innovate real-time search making the new web easier and convenient.

PLEASANTON, CA (February 11, 2009) – LeapFish announced today that its multimedia search engine continues to grow in user base and that it anticipates more than 20 million searches in 2010.  The company reported strong early adopter growth in 2009 having reached a 10,000 Alexa rank in one year.

“We are seeing a great growth trajectory in the number of users setting their homepage to LeapFish,” said David Bruggeman, Vice President of Marketing. “LeapFish’s versatile homepage and its deep search results are serving as a great tool for searching the new multimedia web.”

The company reported that at its current growth rate and with its new partnerships, the search engine anticipates more than 20 million searches to be performed in 2010.  “Through search engine optimization, our growing affiliate network, partnerships with strategic software vendors and our continued organic adoption we are growing user base by large multiples this year,” said Behnam Behrouzi, president and CEO.  “Our product advancements in 2009 have helped gear the engine for an even bigger year in 2010,” he said.

In 2009 the company made substantial advancements and innovations to its growing search engine including; real time search, deeper search results, personalized homepages, content sharing features and proprietary Twitter and Facebook applications, that have helped grow the engine from an Alexa traffic ranking of 150,000 to 10,000 in less than one year.    “We are the only search platform searching all that users care about in the new web with over fifty providers including Google, Yelp, Twitter, Youtube, Mashable, Topsy, Wikipedia, and many others,” said Bruggeman.  “The innovations and data integrations from 2009 have set LeapFish apart and are clearly reflected in our Alexa traffic ranking,” he said.

The company also reported growing success with its unique ad model that boasts zero cost per click fees.  “Thousands of advertisers are securing high demand keywords that can deliver ROI in just a short period of time,” said Bruggeman.  “Over 80% of our advertisers renew their sponsorship for one year or more,” he said.

“My experience with LeapFish has been unbelievable. Since purchasing two key words from LeapFish, our website is getting quite a bit of viewing.  Sales are getting much better and the exposure is larger than I ever expected,” said advertiser Chad Levinger, of Temecula California.

LeapFish plans to release a secondary ad program to advertisers this spring.  For more information visit www.leapfish.com

About LeapFish

LeapFish is an evolved search engine that captures the traditional, multi-media and real-time Web, through a single, connected search platform for both searching and sharing content. LeapFish is a privately held corporation headquartered out of CARR America Corporate Center in Pleasanton, California. For more information, visit blog.leapfish.com.