The Nasdaq Exchange shows today's volume for trading shares in Looksmart as being 24,176 shares in total. The Normal Hours Trading Range, was: $1.80 - $1.84
As can be seen, the "bulk" of today's trades (cough) were mostly all transacted after the close of market, @ 16:00:00
Call it what you choose to .... But I call it "window dressing". - It's as simple as that. - With a Market Maker, simply "painting pictures" in a desperate effort to buy more cheap shares. Is my opinion.
16:19:00 $ 1.702 4,609
16:00:10 $ 1.80 2,441
16:00:05 $ 1.80 100
16:00:05 $ 1.80 100
16:00:05 $ 1.80 355
16:00:05 $ 1.80 100
16:00:05 $ 1.80 100
16:00:05 $ 1.80 100
16:00:05 $ 1.80 465
16:00:05 $ 1.80 1,000
16:00:05 $ 1.80 1,441
16:00:01 $ 1.80 345
16:00:01 $ 1.80 728
16:00:01 $ 1.80 2,441
15:59:50 $ 1.81 100
15:58:32 $ 1.81 100
15:57:06 $ 1.80 100
15:56:10 $ 1.80 100
15:50:28 $ 1.80 100
15:50:26 $ 1.80 100
15:50:26 $ 1.80 200
13:40:10 $ 1.83 100
12:05:02 $ 1.825 100
11:40:12 $ 1.8208 913
11:31:04 $ 1.83 100
10:47:35 $ 1.8186 261
10:16:30 $ 1.83 100
09:52:17 $ 1.83 100
09:46:08 $ 1.84 100
09:34:46 $ 1.80 200
09:34:46 $ 1.80 400
09:34:46 $ 1.80 200
09:34:46 $ 1.80 500
09:30:01 $ 1.82 830
09:30:01 $ 1.82 552
09:30:01 $ 1.82 350
09:30:01 $ 1.82 902
www.nasdaq.com/aspx/nasdaqlastsale.aspx?...
After Hours
Time (ET) After Hours
Price After Hours
Share Volume
16:19 $ 1.702 4,609
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Accumulation? - I mean, didn't newly appointed Board Member Scott Kauffman pay $1.90 for his 50,000 shares that was "managed" for him to buy (at market), on the 16th of May?
May 18, 2011
Form 4 / Kauffman, Scott L HTML PDF
And yet, the Market Maker is today, portraying a 'story' for LOOK's ordinary shareholders to see, that an additional 4,609 shares have been sold in the After Hours @ $1.7002 ...No?
Looksmart had made it clear (within it's CC following the Q1 Report) that performance marketing is now being offered - across Looksmart's AdCenter global marketplace, during this Q2 Period.
It's not hard to "spot" the growth of the network when you consider that it's NOW consisting of those higher costing/paying performance marketing 'clicks' (CPA - CPVs - cost per action/cost per view), as are now being recorded, 'in and out' of AdCenter.
According to Alexa.com the month of May has been exceptional, with June likely to be, even so much better.
Percent of global Internet users who visit looksmart.com:
| Reach | Change | ||
| 7 day | 0.00980 | +13% |  |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | 0.00810 | +22% | |
| 3 month | 0.00790 | -13% |  |
www.alexa.com/siteinfo/looksmart.com#
What is even more exciting is when visualising the 'growth' of the now quickly expanding scale of the Looksmart OPEN marketplace. Certainly when fully considering that the clicks now being 'measured' above, are of the 'performance' variety.
Just who are the "players" that are now clearly involved in this global marketplace? The following should provide us with that answer:
Upstream Sites
Which sites did users visit immediately preceding looksmart.com?
% of Unique Visits 
| Upstream Site | |
|---|---|---|
| 23.21% | google.com | |
| 10.85% | 7search.com | |
| 9.54% | yahoo.com | |
| 6.51% | miva.com | |
| 6.07% | microsoft.com | |
| 4.12% | facebook.com | |
| 2.17% | accurately-locate.com | |
| 2.17% | ask.com | |
| 2.17% | baidu.com | |
| 1.95% | advertise.com |
Downstream Sites
Where do visitors go after leaving looksmart.com?
| % of Unique Visits
| Downstream Site | |
|---|---|---|
| 23.18% | google.com | |
| 11.48% | 7search.com | |
| 7.73% | microsoft.com | |
| 6.62% | yahoo.com | |
| 5.30% | miva.com | |
| 4.19% | facebook.com | |
| 3.09% | lycos.com | |
| 1.99% | advertise.com | |
| 1.99% | bing.com | |
| 1.99% | google.ca |
www.alexa.com/siteinfo/looksmart.com#
Yes ....Every picture does tell a story. And it's one that Market Makers are (no doubt) well aware of, with Looksmart. Is my opinion.
LOOK: 4:00PM EDT: 1.80
0.01 (0.55%) LC
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www.customerthink.com/blog/marketing_2_0...
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Disclosure: Long LOOK and patiently waiting an incredible explosion in that share-price value in the days (months and years), to come.
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