Outbrain gets a revenue model, and it’s rather clever

Outbrain has today launched its "Sponsored but Good" program, an advertising product that offers contextual links within its recommended reading unit. Outbrain is perhaps best known for offering post ratings, but along with ratings Outbrain also offered recommended ... continue

Outbrain raises $12 million Series B

Outbrain has taken $12 million Series B in a round led by Carmel Ventures that included previous investors Gemini Israel Funds, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and GlenRock Israel. Zohar Gilon and Rhodium also joined the round. As part ... continue

Outbrain offers Disqus integration

Blog ratings and recommendation service Outbrain has launched their first integration with commenting 2.0 service Disqus. With the first release, links to Disqus comments will now be offered as standard to users who use both services. In the ... continue

Outbrain lands b5media blogs

Ratings and content recommendation provider Outbrain has signed a deal with b5media that sees Outbrain featured on b5media's network of approximately 300 blogs. The deal includes both the Outbrain rating widget and the content recommendation platform. b5media will ... continue

What ever happened to blogrolls?

Once upon a time in the land of the blogs, the blogroll reigned suprmeme. Everyone had a blogroll, and it was a great way to discover new and interesting blogs. But somewhere along the way blogrolls fell ... continue

The Outbrain Challenge: How Social Are You?

I first wrote about ratings and recommendation platform Outbrain on Sunday, the same day I also added the service here at The Inquisitr. Without rehashing the full post, Outbrain is the star based rating system you'll see ... continue

Outbrain Offers Blog Ratings And Recommendations

New York/ Israeli startup Outbrain is a ratings and recommendation platform for blogs and news feeds. The service works by users installing a plugin for their blog that adds a ratings button either at the top or bottom ... continue