Lijit Search Widget Improves, lands b5media deal
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June 05th 2008 |
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Lijit is a search engine widget for blogs. we even used it here at widgets lab some time ago but it got so slow and heavy that we cut it off. that don`t means that Lijit is a failure. for the contraire. they grew to fast for their own good and were unable to cope with it and scale properly. now they have invested in new hardware and they are so sure they will be able to do it. that they even landed a deal with b5media. so b5media must believe them.
Yes, the same b5media that did a deal with PicApp just a week ago. this shows that it is b5media the one receptive to do deal for their member services portfolio. time to pitch them if you got something they might want.
The logic of having Lijit inb5media serves the same kind of logic picApp did. offer services to members while liberating the blog network of responsibility and pressure to deliver services in their network.
.While i kinda liked lijit. i have not seen a true evolution in the widget yet. so we are not gonna add it back yet. but if they show a good update. it would be then worth considering. so we recommend a wait and see approach.
Lijit Gets Back Up To Speed, Scores Deal With b5media via Techcrunch
*Update*: forget the pitches
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Thanks for the mention. Give Lijit a try and I think you will see some great value. Lijit is a proven solution to raise page views on single and networked properties and at the same time give you unique reader analytics that you can’t get anywhere else.
Keep up the good blogging.
Comment by Todd Vernon — 06-5-08 @ 7:28 pm
@Todd Vernon: we know Todd. as i said, we did used it and liked it. we will wait to see what updates you guys do to it first. considering what you have already invested it should be obvious you plan to do a update to it soon. or at least i hope so.
Thanks for stopping by.
Comment by Avatar — 06-5-08 @ 10:31 pm
Just for the record, we’re basically tapped out on widgets. We don’t need *more* pitches! We tested Lijit for nearly 6 months before this announcement went out, and while we totally believe in the team and product, I think everyone on both sides is glad we did the testing we did.
As we always tell widget makers: you can pitch us, but we don’t want promises, we want results. Don’t tell us you can increase revenue and traffic, show us you’ve done it a dozen times before.
And, be ready for the load 350 new blogs can put on the product.
The harsh reality is that most of the emails we get are the exact opposite: 2 guys in a garage, hoping to get real traction so they can get funding, want to use us as a reference case, drop us on and then can’t handle it (and don’t deliver on their promises).
The Lijit guys, and the PicApp guys, were the only 2 groups to actually deliver on their promises. Out of more than 20 widgets we’ve tested (and hundreds we’ve turned away).
Sorry for the rant, I should probably write a blog post about this at this point
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@Jeremy Wright: very clear now (check the blog)
thanks for stopping by.
Comment by Avatar — 06-6-08 @ 5:51 pm
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