CMGI Acquires AltaVista 28
[Dilbert] was the first to send out the
word that CGMI has officially purchased Alta-Vista from Compaq. The two companies also formed a "strategic" partnership-whatever that means. CGMI wants Compaq's muscle behind their portal site, and Compaq wants to stop bleeding money. Total purchase price: 2.3 billion dollars. Sheesh.
they own lycos too (Score:1)
-matt
% of DEC? (Score:1)
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Value? (Score:1)
Our little society doesn't do a good job of valuing things.
jeezus (Score:1)
Did anyone notice that when Compaq announced
that AV was for sale, it improved?
I use google these days anyway.
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wow... that$ a lot (Score:1)
Well, there go my plans for a hostile takeover of Yahoo!
Oh Well (Score:1)
Do you think they timed it this way?
Re:WHO The Hell is CMGI (Score:1)
Billionaire Bob? (Score:1)
:-)
Regards, Ralph.
Re:wow... that$ a lot (Score:1)
It would be if they were actually spending real $, but it's mostly stock swaps, which are worth billions on paper, but don't map back onto any sort of assets.
Re:jeezus (Score:1)
Re:they own lycos too (Score:1)
2.3B did not entirely by Alta Vista. It only bought them an 83% stake in the company.
Re:x$ per hit? [50 mil/day!] (Score:1)
The AV index is still growing (Score:1)
I believe that the peak query rate is over 600/s,
which means completing a query every 1.5ms. Good thing computers are getting faster, memory is getting denser, and 64-bit addressing is a reality.
How much is AltaVista worth? (Score:1)
http://www.doubleclic k.net/advertisers/ad_rates/altavista.htm [doubleclick.net]
.. But because of the pricing structure it's impossible to say what their income from it may be. Even if the profit on ad's on their site were marginal, say, one tenth of a cent per hit, thats still 1.4 Million a month. Not to mention the deals they have with RealNames, Shopping.com, and the sales from the search engine.
What Do They All Do? (Score:1)
They had revenues of $40 million, but that wouldn't even pay everyone's salary.