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6 Amid “reinvention”, AOL snaps up Sphere

AOL has purchased the blogging search and relevancy engine Sphere. Chief executive Tony Conrad has confirmed the deal to us and lays out some of the...

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0 Why contextual analysis kicks behavioral’s butt on content

For the past year, we at Sphere have been waging a polite and respectful war on our cousins in the space, powering related content using behavioral...

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  • Date: Feb 10, 2009
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0 The New CNet launches…with a side of Sphere

CNet launched their new and revised site design a few months ago.  A few weeks later, they added Sphere related content to their article pages.  This...

  • Source: sphere.com (Company Blog)
  • Date: Jan 19, 2009
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0 Announcing topic pages + new product designs!!

As you might have noticed, we’ve done some housekeeping and redesigned our product pages on this site to better reflect our full suite of offerings....

  • Source: sphere.com (Company Blog)
  • Date: Dec 18, 2008
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0 Glam Apps launches with Sphere as featured app

Yesterday, Glam Media launched Glam Apps, their open developer platform offering branded tools and enhancements to the 700+ publishers in their...

  • Source: sphere.com (Company Blog)
  • Date: Nov 19, 2008
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0 People.com in da Sphere - launches with Brangelina

We launched an exciting new partnership with People.com last week.  This one was a long time in the making and we were waiting for a worthy event to...

  • Source: sphere.com (Company Blog)
  • Date: Jul 24, 2008
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0 Sphere highlighted in Business Week article - web design case study

Business Week, who is coincidentally one of our most recent partners, ran an article recently on web design, focusing on Dan Cederholm and the work he...

  • Source: sphere.com (Company Blog)
  • Date: Jul 8, 2008
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1 People in Tech: Andraz Tori, CTO/Co-Founder of Zemanta

Zemanta is a an interesting European startup that is applying semantic technologies to blogging.
Sarah Perez covered the company's launch in March....

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0 Famous for a day….

This chart graphs the traffic on Sphere’s blog in April. As you can see, traffic chugs along fairly consistently at 150-300 visits per day, then...

  • Source: sphere.com (Company Blog)
  • Date: May 13, 2008
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0 A Few Weeks In The Rearview Window

Someone left the “Overlords” sticker on my desk. Those of you who familiar with our team, know we like stickers. This one is pretty funny and plays...

  • Source: sphere.com (Company Blog)
  • Date: May 6, 2008
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3 WordPress.com, Sphere Announce Official Partnership

WordPress.com, the popular hosted blogging platform, has announced that it has officially partnered with the search and recommendation engine Sphere...

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0 Sphere goes live on Wordpress.com blogs!

We went live today with one of the more exciting partnerships since starting Sphere. We’re now displaying related content on all hosted Wordpress.com...

  • Source: sphere.com (Company Blog)
  • Date: Apr 25, 2008
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0 Matt Mullenweg Announces Related Posts and Themes for Photo Bloggers

An unscheduled appearance of Matt Mullenweg at Web 2.0 Expo is expected to result in an announcement from the prominent blogging platform.
Update:...

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0 Doing business the Sphere way….

This is a good shot of the Sphere business team during a strategy session, courtesy of Lu at COD Ranch. This is, quite naturally, our preferred mode...

  • Source: sphere.com (Company Blog)
  • Date: Apr 22, 2008
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0 Off to Get Some Schwag

Next week is a big conference week in the Bay Area. On Monday I’m off to participate in the first Alternative Search Engines Conference, hosted by...

  • Source: sphere.com (Company Blog)
  • Date: Apr 19, 2008
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0 Sphere Acquired by AOL

San Francisco-based Sphere said today that it has been acquired by AOL. Financial terms were not disclosed. Sphere was venture backed by Hearst Corp.,...

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0 AOL buys Web tech firm Sphere Source

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc's AOL said on Tuesday it has purchased Web contextual display company Sphere Source Inc as part of a move to...

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3 AOL Buys Sphere’s Blog Content Engine

Tomorrow AOL will announce the acquisition of San Francisco-based Sphere, a blog content engine that launched in 2006. The price is not being...

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0 Our New Address: AOL.COM

Unlike the rumor that Sphere has reserved the Wrigley Field bleachers for Game 7 of the 2008 World Series, the conjecture about Sphere being acquired...

  • Source: sphere.com (Company Blog)
  • Date: Apr 14, 2008
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0 Q1/08 Wrap-up

If you’re following along or just a snoopy competitor, our growth in Q1/08 continued to accelerate. Q1 was a fun few months around here - thank you...

  • Source: sphere.com (Company Blog)
  • Date: Apr 14, 2008
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