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DECEMBER 10, 2012

Are you a user of the Chrome web browser? Honey, which installs alongside your Chrome browser, automatically looks up coupon codes for such popular e-commerce sites like Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Zulily, Target, and others. Busy doing your holiday shopping?

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Los Angeles-based Retention Science , the developer of big data analytics software for online marketing, announced today that it has launched a new "Retention Score", which it bills as a Klout Score of e-commerce. The score allows online stores to see, at a glance, what their performance is with customer retention.

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MAY 5, 2011

Santa Barbara-based FindTheBest.com , the online comparison site headed by DoubleClick founder Kevin O'Connor , has turned to a Google and DoubleClick vet to serve as President. Yaghoubi was also an executive serving under O'Connor at DoubleClick, where he was Vice President of Global Media. FindTheBest is venture backed by Kleiner Perkins.

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JUNE 30, 2010

Los Angeles-based Catchpoint , a new web monitoring service headed by former DoubleClick executive Mehdi Daoudi, reports that yesterday's downtime of e-commerce site Amazon.com lasted for three hours. to monitor web sites for customers.

Commerce 140

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Search leverages selective filtering via XMPP versus site indexing; only real-time search player to do so. Network of vertical focused sites: BeachMint, BeachMint, WineMint, etc.; Real-time search engine.

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

Newegg, along with co-defendant O.co (Overstock.com), had been accused by Alcatel Lucent of infringing on patents covering basic e-commerce functionality, including the ability to search for products on their web sites. Newegg and Overstock were the only two firms who decided to fight Alcatel's lawsuit.

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JANUARY 11, 2012

San Diego-based Tealium , a startup developing software which automatically loads tags onto web pages, said Tuesday that it has raised $1.1M in its Series A financing. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 150

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JULY 7, 2010

Getting lots of notice--and controversy--at Demand Media for its use of writers to create content specifically to attract web traffic. Rumored to be prepping for an IPO, just inked a deal to launch a new beauty and fashion site with Tyra Banks. Less known--a healthy domain name registration business. which he sold to AOL.

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JULY 27, 2012

How to you better convert web visitors into customers? That's exactly what Retention Science (www.retentionscience.com), the latest firm out of the MuckerLab acceleartor, helps e-commerce companies do. Jerry Jao, the CEO of Retention Science, tells us how the firm is using big data to help e-commerce firms convert more customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites cost a million dollars to set up. Other popular tools are available at low cost, with built-in e-commerce capabilities (pay via PayPal or credit card), including FrontPage in the Microsoft Office Suite, and DreamWeaver by Adobe. Personalize a simple web site.

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JULY 30, 2010

decrease in automotive e-commerce revenues, related to continued weakness in demand from automotive dealerships. Internet Brands--which has been an aggressive acquirer of web sites--also revealed that it acquired six websites in Q2, for a total of $8.6M.

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AUGUST 20, 2012

Los Angeles-based StackSocial , the startup out of the Amplify accelerator offering up a way for web publishers to integrate e-commerce into their sites, is looking to expand its offerings into the world of Android smartphones, the firm said over the weekend.

Commerce 145

Commerce Sites Web Los Angeles 145

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MAY 14, 2010

The firm said the tool is targeted for use by e-commerce sites, blogs, social networking sites, and Web-based email, as well as other web services. The company--which is headed by Curtis Staker--said its image-based CAPTCHA alternative greatly increases website security and user experience.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

The company said its technology is white labeled, and typically is embedded into a brand''s mobile or web experience. Doublebeam''s technology helps retailers, e-commerce sites, and others support payment by e-check, which generally have much lower transaction costs than credit and debit cards.

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DECEMBER 20, 2010

Aliso Viejo-based e-commerce retailer Buy.com said today that it has launched a new app for the Apple iPhone, which includes barcode scanning features and speech recognition. The app also allows users to access product reviews and videos from Buy.com's web site, along with other features. READ MORE>>.

Technical Review 150

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DECEMBER 12, 2014

If you''re a brand or retailer, needing to get online, there are a lot of things to deal with to run your e-commerce business smoothly--everything from your e-commerce site itself, to taking photos of your products, packing and shipping, to digital marketing. John Tomich: OneStop Internet is an e-commerce services company.

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APRIL 3, 2013

Tealium is a developer of software used for "tag management" on company web and e-commerce sites, and counts such clients as Petco, Lenovo, A+E, Mattel, Fox Networks, NOkia, Urban Outfitters, and Sony Online Entertainment as customers.

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JUNE 5, 2013

Glossi , which develops tools to help publishers create digital magazines for the web, said today that it has launched a brand new set of features aimed at rich media content publishers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites cost a million dollars to set up. Other popular tools are available at low cost, with built-in e-commerce capabilities (pay via PayPal or credit card), including FrontPage in the Microsoft Office Suite, and DreamWeaver by Adobe. Personalize a simple web site.

Commerce 88

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 88

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AUGUST 16, 2013

TouchCommerce provides an online, live chat software product which is used by e-commerce sites to engage with consumers on their web site, and also helps guide consumers to products. Maire was formerly the company''s Country Manger in France. The company is led by Internet veteran Bernard Louvat. READ MORE>>.

Agoura Hills 138

Agoura Hills Sales Marketing Agoura 138

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AUGUST 24, 2009

Two Southern Californians are in the running for $10,000 for their entries into a user generated advertising effort from e-commerce site Amazon.com. Amazon ran its advertising through its site, Withoutabox, a Los Angeles startup which was acquired by Amazon subsidiary IMDB back in January of 2008. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

In addition to those details, Internet Brands said it is now seeing a monthly average of 50 million total monthly unique visitors to its collection of web sites, with a total of 56.5 million in January. Internet Brands said it had net income of $4.3M in the fourth quarter on revenues of $27.7M. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 11, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based EcoMom (www.ecomom.com) launched its "green" parenting site, with backing from Dave McClure. Jody Sherman: We are a site for eco-conscious, health minded parents. How long has the site been around? In February of this year, we bought EcoMom, a community and content site.

Software Review 200

Software Review Commerce Startup Sites 200

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MARCH 24, 2010

Van Nuys-based Audiolife (www.audiolife.com), a new startup focused on providing e-commerce tools to musicians, recently raised $1M in angel funding. For today's interview, we spoke with Brandon Hance, the firm's founder, about how his startup is helping musicians to sell both digital and physical merchandise on the web.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 6, 2016

As the Internet continues to become populated with e-commerce sites, it’s becoming more and more difficult to generate web traffic, leads, and ultimate the sales for your website. Increase Your On-Site SEO. Incorporating a Site Map. Utilizing Alt Text on All Images Found On The Site.

Commerce 58

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 18, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : SteelHouse’s Behavioral Commerce platform increases online conversions via targeted incentives based on shopper personality and behavior. Well the people who really care about us are Internet retailers (because) we help them figure out what incentive they should offer each of the shoppers on their site.

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eHarmony Media Oracle Commerce 204

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Pasadena-based FastSoft , the Caltech spinout which develops web acceleration software, said today that it has launched a testing network for its clients. The firm's technology is based on out technology developed at Caltech for the Internet2 and for improving web transfer speeds. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Put yourself on the site. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. Professional user-friendly site design.

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Web Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising 117

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. Oh, yeah. Positive feedback feeds the idea.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

People complete a short profile when they register on DinnerDate.com, where they can express interest in other people on the site. It's very low pressure, and allows you to just meet people for a meal, or connect if you've seen someone on the site and liked their profile. What's your background? That's taken lots of fine tuning.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Think about the retailer e-mails we receive daily or the ads that appear on Google or our social media sites. Though based on our Web searches, those ads don’t necessarily represent what we would like to buy. Retailers end up distancing themselves from customers when.

Commerce 72

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Los Angeles-based Smarty, a developer of a web browser extension for automatically applying coupons to e-commerce sites, says it has launched a new, mobile app. According to the company, the app runs on both iOS and Android.

Commerce 113

Commerce Mobile Web Los Angeles 113

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OCTOBER 28, 2008

Agoura Hills-based inQ, a provider of outsourced web sales services, has renamed itself TouchCommerce, the firm said today. inQ offers web chat services for e-commerce web sites, which helps to close online sales and guide users to select and find products. inQ did not detail reasons for the name change.

Agoura Hills 100

Agoura Hills Agoura Outsource Guide 100

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Hamilton Chan is founder of Los Angeles-based PaperLinks (www.paperlinks.com), a new startup which is developing mobile applications which take advantage of QR codes--the 3D barcodes which are cropping up everywhere--to help users marketers go beyond just linking those codes to web pages, but also to power social applications.

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JULY 11, 2014

Los Angeles-based deal site Slickdeals (www.slickdeals.com), an online deal site, has nine million, highly loyal users and a daily updated list of great, user-generated, deal listings. Josh Meyers: Slickdeals is the web''s largest deal sharing community. There are lots of deal sites out there--how it that different?

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Content Yahoo Los Angeles Sites 212

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JUNE 1, 2011

One of the biggest forces that has emerged in the Internet in recent years has been crowdsourcing, the way the web has empowered users to drive the creation of content and information online. How long has the site been up and running? What have you learned so far in getting the site up and running?

Startup 195

Startup Platform Sites Java 195

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APRIL 2, 2014

Pasadena-based Wallaby , the developer of mobile apps to help consumers pick the best credit card to use for a purchase, said today that it has launched both a new, Google Chrome web browser extension, as well as an updated, iPhone application.

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