Word: yahoo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Feeling guilty, I decided to put my life in order using one of those free calendars on the Web that have been getting so much press on the business pages lately. I looked at jump.com (which Microsoft purchased last week) and the calendar on yahoo. com, but all those blank spaces made me feel like a scheduling failure. How could I ever fill them with enough meetings, deadlines and appointments to do them justice? But when.com (which was purchased a couple of weeks ago by America Online) was different. In addition to a generic calendar, it offers an events directory...
...truth is out there -- the real question is, where the hell is it in all this crap? Search has always been an integral part of how people use the Web, since its earliest days, and the Web's first big brands -- Yahoo, Excite, Lycos -- were all search engines. But can they still cut the mustard? A new generation of search services is springing up, with names like Google and FAST, armed with next-generation technology, and they say they have the power to supplant their elders and finally make sense...
...company valuations through a mathematical as much as a financial lens. He loves to cite Metcalfe's Law of Connectivity as the driving force behind his approach. The law, set down by Robert Metcalfe, founder of 3Com, states that the value of an interactive network--such as Lycos, Yahoo or AOL--is a function of the number of people attached to the network; and value increases exponentially when another person comes online. Thus a network of 10 people is at least four times as valuable as one with five. What this means is that every extra AOL subscriber is worth...
...world Diller comes from, you don't pay a premium for unprofitable businesses. But in the Internet economy, where almost nobody has made a profit yet (and certainly Lycos hasn't), that hasn't kept Yahoo from shelling out $4.35 billion for GeoCities, or stopped the Internet portal @Home from paying $6 billion for Excite--both deals made at hefty price premiums. Of course, they used their richly priced shares as currency. Diller's offer to merge part of his USA Networks with Lycos to form a new company, of which Lycos would own 30%, values Lycos at approximately...
Once you've decided to take the plunge, finding a reputable website provider is relatively easy--and getting easier. Today there are myriad companies that act as Web consultants, designers, technicians and promoters all in one. Those include Yahoo Store www.store.yahoo.com) BuyItOnline (www.buyitonline. com), Verio (www. verio.com) and MindSpring (www.mind spring.com) Chances are even your own ISP will offer some kind of service. Don't be surprised if it comes knocking at your door--that's how Brian Hanson found Globalstore.net When you start surveying your options, though, keep a few things in mind. First of all, make sure...