<s>
LeapFish.com	B-Application
was	O
a	O
search	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
that	O
retrieved	O
results	O
from	O
other	O
portals	O
and	O
search	O
engines	O
,	O
including	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
Bing	B-Application
and	O
Yahoo	O
!,	O
and	O
also	O
search	O
engines	O
of	O
blogs	O
,	O
videos	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Dotnext	O
Inc	O
incarnation	O
of	O
Leapfish	B-Application
based	O
in	O
Pleasanton	O
focused	O
on	O
selling	O
advertising	O
via	O
a	O
telemarketing	O
team	O
consisting	O
of	O
80	O
salespersons	O
that	O
leveraged	O
what	O
it	O
called	O
a	O
single	O
experience	O
for	O
both	O
searching	O
and	O
sharing	O
traditional	O
and	O
real-time	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LeapFish.com	B-Application
domain	O
was	O
originally	O
home	O
to	O
a	O
domain	O
name	O
appraisal	O
service	O
created	O
by	O
Jeremy	O
Harris	O
in	O
2006	O
;	O
this	O
was	O
purchased	O
in	O
2008	O
and	O
rebranded	O
as	O
a	O
Meta	B-Application
Search	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leapfish	B-Application
(	O
the	O
company	O
)	O
launched	O
in	O
November	O
2008	O
and	O
incorporated	O
the	O
top	O
three	O
search	O
engines	O
(	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
Yahoo	O
!,	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
tools	O
like	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
,	O
Amazon	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Leapfish	B-Application
launched	O
its	O
last	O
version	O
in	O
November	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
February	O
12	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
leapfish.com	B-Application
domain	O
has	O
been	O
for	O
sale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meta-search	B-Application
–	O
LeapFish	B-Application
retrieved	O
its	O
search	O
results	O
from	O
other	O
portals	O
and	O
combined	O
them	O
on	O
one	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Results	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Bing	B-Application
were	O
displayed	O
on	O
the	O
page	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
images	O
,	O
video	O
,	O
news	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Customizable	O
home	O
page	O
–	O
LeapFish	B-Application
offered	O
a	O
customizable	O
homepage	O
to	O
its	O
users	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
iGoogle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Share	O
Bar	O
–	O
Outgoing	O
links	O
from	O
LeapFish	B-Application
search	O
results	O
would	O
display	O
a	O
"	O
share	O
bar	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
bottom	O
of	O
the	O
page	O
that	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
link	O
the	O
page	O
to	O
social	O
sharing	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Profile	O
pages	O
–	O
LeapFish	B-Application
gave	O
users	O
space	O
to	O
display	O
social	O
information	O
such	O
as	O
Tweets	O
,	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
Videos	I-General_Concept
,	O
Blog	O
Posts	O
and	O
Flickr	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LeapFish	B-Application
offered	O
affiliate	O
applications	O
for	O
website	O
owners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
LeapFish	B-Application
advertising	O
programs	O
allowed	O
business	O
owners	O
to	O
display	O
a	O
permanent	O
advertisement	O
on	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
search	O
results	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
its	O
purchase	O
by	O
Dotnext	O
Inc	O
,	O
LeapFish	B-Application
was	O
home	O
to	O
a	O
domain	O
name	O
appraisal	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
its	O
search	O
tools	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
LeapFish	B-Application
provided	O
domain	O
appraisals	O
complemented	O
with	O
a	O
scoring	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
appraisal	O
values	O
,	O
LeapFish	B-Application
provided	O
domain	O
information	O
such	O
as	O
Traffic	O
Rankings	O
and	O
Unique	O
Visitors	O
from	O
Compete.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Dotnext	O
Inc	O
incarnation	O
of	O
leapfish.com	B-Application
had	O
a	O
mixed	O
reception	O
from	O
users	O
of	O
sitepoint	O
forums	O
,	O
from	O
bloggers	O
and	O
other	O
regular	O
web	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
3	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
online	O
blog	O
TechCrunch	O
posted	O
evidence	O
of	O
LeapFish	B-Application
sales	O
representatives	O
intentionally	O
abusing	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
pay-per-click	O
model	O
against	O
potential	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ben	O
Behrouzi	O
,	O
the	O
CEO	O
of	O
LeapFish	B-Application
's	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
DotNext	O
,	O
confirmed	O
the	O
sales	O
representative	O
's	O
actions	O
,	O
but	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
representative	O
was	O
no	O
longer	O
employed	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
opposed	O
to	O
other	O
search	O
engines	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Google	B-Application
or	O
Yahoo	B-Application
which	O
appear	O
to	O
favour	O
web-based	O
sales	O
,	O
Leapfish	B-Application
keywords	O
are	O
largely	O
sold	O
via	O
an	O
aggressive	O
telemarketing	O
operation	O
which	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
without	O
friction	O
with	O
the	O
online	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Better	O
Business	O
Bureau	O
rated	O
LeapFish	B-Application
"	O
F	O
"	O
(	O
its	O
lowest	O
possible	O
rating	O
)	O
after	O
receiving	O
20	O
separate	O
complaints	O
(	O
some	O
of	O
which	O
remain	O
unresolved	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
