About Us

 

LookSmart is one of the largest pay-per-click (PPC) search advertising networks, processing over 2 billion queries per day. We serve keyword-based text ads on our targeted network of high quality publisher sites. We support direct relationships with thousands of diverse paid search advertisers, and our expertise is grounded in connecting these advertisers with high quality traffic via our award winning, best-in-class AdCenter platform. 

We stand apart from other networks with our industry-leading commitment to traffic quality.  We possess the experience, technology and dedication to meet or exceed our advertiser and publisher partners’ goals. 

Company History

LookSmart is a pioneer of the online search advertising industry. Founded in 1997, we were one of the first consumer-facing sites providing internet search capabilities. Over the years, we have provided advertising platform solutions for our own network, MSN, and Ask Sponsored Listings, among others. Today, LookSmart focuses on connecting advertisers and publishers on our high quality search network.