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Blekko Gets An Infographic

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Alexia Tsotsis is the co-editor of TechCrunch. She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, majoring in Writing and Art, and moved to New York City shortly after graduation to work in the media industry. After four years of living in New York and attending courses at New York University, she returned to Los Angeles in... → Learn More

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
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Since I am our resident steward of infographics I figured I might as well highlight the creation of the very first Blekko infographic (below), brought to you by our friends over at Cognitive SEO. Related: Am I a huge dork because I can correctly complete this multiple choice “Identify The Blekko Founders!” quiz? Yes, yes I am. *Skulks off to cry*

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Company: Blekko
Website: blekko.com
Launch Date: June 1, 2007
Funding: $54.2M

Blekko is a search company founded by Rich Skrenta and his core team from previous company Topix and Netscape’s Open Directory. Blekko was founded halfway through 2007 and has already earned itself an angel round from Baseline Ventures and two ex-Googlers.

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