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CitySearch, now a part of IAC, established the category of local online community directories. CitySearch, now a part of IAC, established the category of local online community directories. New models for improving the search experience are at the core of several companies currently growing inside of Idealab.

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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

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So he launched a company with exclusively paid search. Users would know exactly how much was paid for each click. So he founded … wait … CitySearch. Some IdeaLab successes / brand names aside from Overture & CitySearch? If it worked in the Yellow Pages, why not on the Internet? Shopping.com.