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BizShark Business Search

Type	Private
Founded	2009
Headquarters	Mountain View, California
Industry	Internet
Products	BizShark Business Search
Website	BizShark Internet Business Search

BizShark is an Internet business search engine and web directory specially designed for competitor analysis, marketing research, business development, and other business processes. BizShark aggregates the latest business profiles, news, financials, competitive landscape, web analytics, social footprint, marketing strategies, execute contacts, and other business information across more than fifty online and offline databases.

Contents 1 Technology 2 Competitor Analysis 3 Business Model 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Technology

BizShark is a vertical search engine specialized in organizing business-related information across the Web. The types of business information that BizShark aggregates include: business operation profile, blog and news mentions, financial numbers, market competition, web traffic analytics, social media footprint, search marketing strategies, and executive contact information. The primary databases where BizShark gets its information are Wikipedia, Crunchbase, Technorati, Compete, and Google Search. The secondary sources include Yahoo, Quantcast, Alexa, Twitter, Digg, Delicious, StumbleUpon, Reddit, Indeed, and BackType. In total, BizShark aggregates more than 50 online and offline business databases.^[1]

[edit] Competitor Analysis

BizShark sets itself apart from conventional business search engines with its competitor analysis capabilities. BizShark's proprietary CompetitorSort algorithm can automatically identify, sort, and rank all potential competitors by analyzing business name and web link correlations across the Web.^[2] With CompetitorSort algorithm, BizShark enables business professionals to easily benchmark any business performance against its market competition.

[edit] Business Model

BizShark's features are mostly free, and there is no ad. BizShark supports its operations by charging businesses 19 dollars/month for advanced analytics and executive contact information.

[edit] External links

• BizShark Business Search Homepage

[edit] References

1. ^ BizShark Takes A Crack At Creating An Automated CrunchBase, March 5, 2009
2. ^ How does BizShark's CompetitorSort algorithm work?