Marie Griffin writes for all 'B2B publisher'
an introduction to Reed's 'Zibb' on b-to-b (16-May-2006)
Reed Business launches Zibb vertical search
Zibb.com pure
Zibb.nl full (in Dutch of course)
Zibb.com on EDN
Quotes:
"[...] Zibb.com, a freestanding destination for global b-to-b search, made its debut in beta form on the site of EDN, Reed’s premier title in electronics. The plan is to roll out Zibb.com as a freestanding, international b-to-b search brand over the next several months [...] all Reed’s Web sites, which cover 40-plus vertical markets worldwide, will act together as an affiliate network"
Zibb.com returns "results from Reed’s Web sites, databases and advertisers but also from the publisher’s competitors, other suppliers, blogs and anywhere else on the Web relevant business information may reside" [...]
Revenue for Zibb.com Service will come primarily from advertising ...
(and from ASP and sydication deals.)
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