FindArticles was a website which provided access to articles previously published in over 3,000 magazines, newspapers, journals, business reports and other sources.

[4] As it grew, FindArticles moved away from an all-free model driven by advertising[5][6] to a mixture of free and paid content.

[7] FindArticles was founded in 2000[8] as a partnership between LookSmart, which authored the search technology, and the Gale Group, which provided the articles for a fee.

[11] In September 2004, HighBeam Research announced that it would make 1 million premium articles from its database accessible via FindArticles.

[4][7][15] Looksmart's need to offload non-critical assets in the wake of poor corporate performance, along with CNET's commensurate desire to expand its library of offerings, motivated the deal.