The Very Strange Story of the Startup That Says It Made $10m Before Launching

Re:The Very Strange Story of the Startup That Says It Made $... by brk on Thursday November 05, 2009 @06:17PM (#925032)

This was done in the 90's, but I can't recall the company name. I bought a handful of keywords that related to my market at the time.

I expect this go-around to end equally badly.

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Re:The Very Strange Story of the Startup That Says It Made $... by staunch on Thursday November 05, 2009 @07:41PM (#925160)

I said the exact same thing to someone, and couldn't remember the name of the company either. It's killing me. Who knows the name of the late 90s company selling keywords, like "pizza", for millions.

Update: Goto.com is what I was thinking of, I think.

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Re:The Very Strange Story of the Startup That Says It Made $... by agbell on Thursday November 05, 2009 @09:14PM (#925288)

They became Yahoo! Search Marketing.

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Re:The Very Strange Story of the Startup That Says It Made $... by authentic on Friday November 06, 2009 @02:35AM (#925642)

You're probably thinking of RealNames.

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Re:The Very Strange Story of the Startup That Says It Made $... by brk on Friday November 06, 2009 @06:43AM (#925839)

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that was it now that you mention it.

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