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LeapFish in the News & Media |
LeapFish Users Tell us Why they Love LeapFish September 3 2009 As LeapFish grows in popularity we receive an increasing amount of testimonials from LeapFish advertisers as well as the users of the new multimedia search engine. |
LeapFish Sponsors Silicon Valley Tweet Up September 28 2009 So what exactly is a Tweet Up? A Tweet Up is a geeky term for a networking event that takes place in person beyond the 140 characters of a “tweet”. In other words a “tweet up” is an in person “meet up” for those that have connected via Twitter. This event has gone above and beyond the expectations of the Silicon Valley Tweet Up (SVTweetUp) founder Michael Brito, Social Media Strategist for Intel. After a few short months SVTweetUp has grown into a premier social event attracting bloggers, leading PR professionals and social media evangelists including Brian Solis, published author. |
LeapFish Q & A with Ben Behrouzi CEO of LeapFish July, 2009 SearchCowboys connected with Ben Behrouzi to capture the difference between the future of LeapFish and that of traditional meta engines and aggregators. The exchanged produced a great Q&A reflecting the developmental trajectory of LeapFish. |
7th annual Stevie® Awards will be presented on June 22 in New York City PLEASANTON, CA ( June 17, 2009) – LeapFish was named a Finalist in the Best Interface Design category in The 2009 American Business Awards. More than 2,600 entries from companies of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration in more than 40 categories. LeapFish, launched by DotNext in November 2008, is a multimedia search engine that is helping to pioneer what is known as Search 2.0. “LeapFish is working hard to capture the growing multimedia Web in a single, easy to use interface,” said CEO Ben Behrouzi. “We are delighted to have been selected as a Finalist for the Stevie Award’s Best Interface Design and congratulate all of the other Finalists for their innovations and advancements”. Members of the Awards’ Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors and their staffs will select Stevie Award winners from among Finalists in final judging that was completed on June 3. Finalists were chosen by business professionals nationwide during preliminary judging in April through early May. Stevie Award winners will be announced during the annual gala on Monday, June 22 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. “Despite very tough economic conditions, many organizations and individuals continue to perform well,” said Michael Gallagher, founder and president of The Stevie Awards. “The results of the 2009 ABAs thus far are a testament to the resilience, creativity, and hard work of American organizations, executives, and workers.” |
LeapFish Events in the Community |
LeapFish CEO Ben Behrouzi in Forbes For Ways to Enhance Employee Happiness in a Recession April, 2009 Ben Behrouzi CEO and Co Founder of LeapFish was covered by Forbes for providing some experience around actions companies can take during tough economic times like these in order to maintain or even increase employee happiness and wellbeing. We all know that without a happy and thriving team, there’s no growth, especially in a recession. Ben provided the following experience and advice to Forbes. |
LeapFish, a pioneer in multimedia search, today announced plans to unveil a new multimedia and real-time search, communication and sharing platform. The vastly evolved search engine will fundamentally enhance the way people both search and share information on the Web today. In recent months, real-time communication has emerged as a major focus for the world’s biggest and most innovative Web companies; from Web and search giants like Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo, to innovators in social media such as Facebook and Twitter. The LeapFish platform will be a new milestone in the consumer Web marketplace. I ran a quick search on Leapfish today and loved the results! The near 100 person company announced that the new search platform has been under heavy development in 2009 by its lead engineering team, including developers from Ask.com. Exact details surrounding a feature set or how the new search platform works have not yet been released. LeapFish will begin presenting previews of its new search platform in late October. LeapFish is founded by Behnam Behrouzi, also cofounder of Reply.com. LeapFish is a privately held corporation headquartered out of CARR America Corporate Center in Pleasanton, California. For more information, visit blog.leapfish.com source: AltSearchEngine |
Real Time Search:5 Reasons Why "We" Will Change the Web October 2009 Ben Behrouzi LeapFish Founder & CEO recently wrote an article on the key characteristics of real time search, providing insight into the implications of bottoms up content creation and why it is critical to the evolution of search |
LeapFish Search Engine is quite impressive and I like it September 2009 What I dig about LeapFish is that you can pretty much find every piece of content related to any specific search query. As usual, I did a search for"Michael Brito" and was delighted to see the common results I ususally see when I Google myself, but also on the same page without any additional clicks I was able to see blog mentions, videos and images. It's definitely a time saver and it has a clean interface. |
LeapFish at Search Engine Strategies- San Jose 2009 August 2009 Search Engine Strategies (SES) is the premier Search Engine Conference hosted in seven major cities worldwide. This year's event had an incredible turnout with over 5 thousand attendees. Key influencers in the media attending SES were excited to engage and discuss LeapFish. The LeapFish team conducted several interviews with key media outlets including SearchEngineWatchm WebProNews, SEOMoz, Bruce Clay and SearchEngineGuide. LeapFish also agreed to partner with WebMasterRadio, the official radio broadcasting network for the conference as a sponsor of SearchBash. LeapFish had a unique opportunity to promote Search in a Fun and Exciting Way. |
Silicon Valley Business Journal’s prestigous 40 under 40 recognizing the top 40 innovators in Silicon Valley has recognized Ben Behrouzi for consistent innovation over the last 10 years. The Business Journal selected the top 40 executives and entreprenuers from nominations throughout Silicon Valley, recognizing innovation, business success, community and job creation. Ben Behrouzi was recognized for fund raising, multi-million revenue production, job creation and product & technology innovation at Reply.com and DotNext. Others recognized included Sequoia Capital Partner Roelf Botha, Google Vice President of Search Products Marissa Mayer, Mint.com Founder Aaron Patzer, Ning CEO Gina Bianchini and others. |