About Topix.net

Company Information

Overview

Topix.net was founded in 2002 with the specific mission of providing users the ability to quickly and easily find targeted news on the Internet. With thousands of news sources continually releasing stories twenty-four hours a day, finding relevant news can often be a time consuming task. For complete coverage, users are forced to visit many different sites and sift through a variety of stories that may or may not be relevant to them. Topix.net alleviates this problem by creating thousands of topically driven, specific news web pages and populating each of those pages with only news about that particular topic. So, whether you are interested in finding all the news about your community, or your company or industry or perhaps even your favorite team or celebrity, Topix.net provides an intuitive, easy way to find the targeted news that is relevant to you.

Background

The problems associated with cataloging the billions of pages available on the Internet are not new to the Topix.net team. Previously, several Topix.net founders created the Open Directory Project (originally called "NewHoo"), the first open development directory for the Internet, and now the largest human-edited web directory. This project is now a property of America Online and is the source from which many of the current web directories, including Google Directory, derive their information. While an open development solution is helpful, especially when it comes to an overall categorization of the various sites on the web, it does not address the one item that many users turn to the internet for: news. That is where Topix.net steps in.

With so much news from so many sources being continually released, categorizing each story consistently, efficiently and accurately is very difficult. Rather than rely on human editors for this task, Topix.net uses its proprietary technology. The Topix.net team has created artificial intelligence algorithms that continuously monitor breaking news from over 10,000 sources, 24 hours a day. These algorithms read every story as it is released and then categorize each one into one or more of the more the 300,000 'topix.net' pages that we created. Currently, the Topix.net web page inventory consists of separate pages for the 30,000 US cities and towns, 5,500 public company and industry verticals, 48,000 celebrities and musicians, 1,500 sports teams and personalities, and many, many more.

Methodology

To ensure proper placement of each story, the Topix.net categorization process is multi-faceted. For each story reviewed, the content of the story is geo-coded to determine where the event took place and/or the location of those involved in the story. It is then further categorized as to the subject matter involved. Once this categorization process has run, the story is then placed on the appropriate web-page(s). For instance, should a news source release a story about a speech Warren Buffet gives in San Jose, CA, our crawlers will read that story and then properly categorize it. As a result, the story will be available to users who access the San Jose, CA Topix.net page, as well those who access our Berkshire Hathaway page, and, depending on the magnitude of the story, perhaps the business page as well.

We believe that users of Topix.net will find locating the targeted news that matters to them to be easier than ever. So, pick your topix, get the news.

Affiliate Program

Topix.net offers a variety of partnership opportunities for both news organizations as well as other businesses interested in increased visibility and/or increased traffic. Topix.net business development relationships generally fall into one of the following five categories:

Content partners interested in providing content to Topix.net;
Distribution partners interested in distributing Topix.net content;
E-commerce partners interested in proposing a strategic e-commerce partnership;
Technology partners interested in enhancing Topix.net's technical capabilities; and
Affiliate partners interested in linking to one or more Topix.net web pages.

If you are interested in learning more about any of these partnering opportunities, or interested in proposing a strategic business development arrangement that is not otherwise described above, please forward an email to partners@Topix.net. In your email, please include your name, contact information (including company name and your title), a brief description of the partner program that you would like to propose and the best hours in which to reach you. As partners are very important to Topix.net, a business development associate will be in contact with you promptly.

For advertising services offered by Topix.net, please refer to the Advertise with Us page.

Press Room

If you would like a corporate press kit, please email us your mailing address; the package should arrive to you within two weeks. We're sorry, but we're unable to express-mail, fax or email any portion of it. For confidentiality and competitive reasons, we do not discuss certain specific matters publicly (e.g., strategic planning, organizational structure, internal systems and policies, etc.), and information about these areas of our business cannot be found on our Web sites or in the informational kits.

Please click here for Topix.net press releases and partner press releases.

Please send your inquiries/requests to the Topix.net Media Relations Manager by emailing the Topix.net Media Relations department media@topix.net. Please provide your name, number and email, publication, story you are working on, and deadline.

Jobs

Interested in working for the Topix.net? Please send your resume and salary requirements to jobs@topix.net. After reviewing your qualifications, should we believe there is a need for your skill-set, we will be in touch with you to arrange a meeting. Unfortunately, because of the volume of resumes we receive every day, we are unable to respond to those whose qualifications do not match our immediate needs. All resumes shall be retained on file for ninety days after submission.

Topix.net is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy, medical condition, mental or physical disability, Vietnam era Veteran status, or other characteristics protected by federal state or local law.

Topix.net: Pick your Topix, Get the News.