Blekko Takes on Google — With Help From Russia (Mashable)

Mashable - Blekko, a search upstart that believes in human curation, has added $30 million in fresh funding to its coffers and has found a new strategic partner -- thanks to Russian Internet company Yandex.
Blekko is on a quest to build a search engine free of spam, content farms and malware. Its goal is to eke out a small percentage of the U.S. search market, currently dominated by Google. The startup has always contented that owning just 1% of all searches could turn it into a billion-dollar business.

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