| Acquired by | Citysearch |
| Price | $13M |
| Date | 3/07 |
| Terms | Cash |
| Website | insiderpages.com |
| Category | Consumer Web |
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| Employees | |
| Description | Fraud |
| TOTAL | $8.5M |
| FUNDING TOTAL | $8.5M |
| Series A, 3/06 Sequoia Capital SoftBank Capital Idealab | $8.5M |
Insider Pages is a place where people go to read and post reviews about the services that matter most to parents and homeowners such as doctors, dentists, contractors, veterinarians, pre-schools and more. The Insider Pages Doctor Finder, a tool devoted to making it easy to find a doctor, dentist or medical specialist based on the criteria most important to patients, has comprehensive profiles on more than 900,000 doctors and dentists and over 1.3 million ratings and reviews from patients. Launched in 2004, Insider Pages is a subsidiary of CityGrid Media and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Facts: Over 2 million consumer reviews nationwide.
Features Doctor Finder, a tool that allows users to search for a doctor based on criteria such as specialty, insurance accepted, patient ratings, years of experience, board certification and record, and gender.
In January of 2007, Insider Pages reportedly laid off 2/3 of their total staff. Two months later the company was acquired by Citysearch.
Competitors include Yelp.
Iniderpages is part of the CityGrid Media Advertising consortium at IAC.
| Website | insiderpages.com |
| Blog | blog.insiderpages.com |
| Stage | Live |
| Launch Date | 2004 |
| Tags | businesses, reviews, pages, insider, local, customer-feedback, recommendation, myautismteam, breast-cancer, autism, health, home, family, parent |
Insider Pages is a recommendation site for things that matter most in people’s life. Users can search by category, business name, key word and location to find local businesses recommended by real people.
Searching for a new doctor? Insider Pages’ Doctor Finder feature can help you find the right person by zip code, insurance, years of experience and more. Need someone to help with your lawn care, home life, childcare, personal services, pet care or auto services? Insider Pages search engine will help you navigate through the best options near you. Business information includes pictures, phone number, address, map, website, ratings, description and user recommendations.
Recently, Insider Pages launched the beta version of www.MyAutismTeam.com to meet the under-served needs of parents in the autism community. More health related sites are expected to roll out of Insider Pages to meet the specific needs of a variety of communities.
The core belief propelling the launch of these health-related sites by Insider Pages is: it should be easy for people to find the best providers near them.
