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  • Bansheelinks
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    • Apr 2003
    • 6023

    #1

    Ask Jeeves Sold For $1.9 Billion...

    http://news.ft.com/cms/s/62dd8aa8-99...00e2511c8.html
  • Spunky
    I need a beer
    • Jun 2002
    • 133978

    #2
    Freakin insane

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    • Chio The Pirate
      Confirmed User
      • Oct 2002
      • 946

      #3
      YARGH??? That be a lot of questions for Jeeves. If it goes through that would be huge like me boner.
      Last edited by Chio The Pirate; 03-20-2005, 09:09 PM.

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      • swedguy
        Confirmed User
        • Jan 2002
        • 7981

        #4
        You gotta be kidding with me? I've never even liked that site.

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        • Babagirls
          Text Writer
          • Feb 2001
          • 18812

          #5
          WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!! you sure thats now $1.9 MILLION??? lol
          fuckin aye, thats alot of loot!




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          • nmcog
            Confirmed User
            • Sep 2004
            • 825

            #6
            The most useless SE ever

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            • WiredGuy
              Pounding Googlebot
              • Aug 2002
              • 34513

              #7
              I can't believe that piece of crap search engine is worth even remotely close to that. They must have some killer investments in their portfolio or something that the general public don't know about hidden somewhere for someone to ante up that much.

              WG
              I play with Google.

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              • WiredGuy
                Pounding Googlebot
                • Aug 2002
                • 34513

                #8
                Ah nevermind, I found what their principal assets actually are:

                Its principle holdings are Expedia, Ticketmaster, Home Shopping Network, Match.com and CitySearch.
                Makes more sense now...
                WG
                I play with Google.

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                • WiredGuy
                  Pounding Googlebot
                  • Aug 2002
                  • 34513

                  #9
                  Additional info: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-5627679.html
                  $2billion sounds pretty reasonable for all these internet properties.

                  WG
                  I play with Google.

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                  • Babagirls
                    Text Writer
                    • Feb 2001
                    • 18812

                    #10
                    Originally posted by WiredGuy
                    Ah nevermind, I found what their principal assets actually are:



                    Makes more sense now...
                    WG
                    ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, yes it does!




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                    • Chio The Pirate
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                      • Oct 2002
                      • 946

                      #11
                      Originally posted by WiredGuy
                      I can't believe that piece of crap search engine is worth even remotely close to that. They must have some killer investments in their portfolio or something that the general public don't know about hidden somewhere for someone to ante up that much.

                      WG
                      YARGH! I agree, not a done deal, we may find that it is a publicity stunt of sorts.


                      Pirate mode re-enabled
                      YARGH! Ahoy Me Kayaks! Where be me Peg Leg! YARGH! YARGH! YARGH! That's better.

                      Get back to yer booty hunt! I be drawing up some new treasure maps.

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                      • Chio The Pirate
                        Confirmed User
                        • Oct 2002
                        • 946

                        #12
                        Originally posted by WiredGuy
                        Ah nevermind, I found what their principal assets actually are:



                        Makes more sense now...
                        WG

                        YARGH! Yes it does.

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                        • Morgan
                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                          • May 2002
                          • 10520

                          #13
                          my brother works there.
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                          • xclusive
                            Too lazy to set a custom title
                            • Apr 2004
                            • 35218

                            #14
                            Wow never knew they owned all that. Too bad Ask Jeeves sucks

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                            • triumph
                              Confirmed User
                              • Dec 2002
                              • 3433

                              #15
                              Originally posted by WiredGuy
                              Ah nevermind, I found what their principal assets actually are:



                              Makes more sense now...
                              WG

                              IAC owns those properties not Askjeeves. IAC is Headed by media giant Barry Diller, he is one of the old hollywood guys who actually moved mountains within the entertainment industry.

                              Ticketmaster alone is worth billions.

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                              • BRISK
                                Too lazy to set a custom title
                                • Feb 2003
                                • 12240

                                #16
                                Originally posted by WiredGuy
                                Ah nevermind, I found what their principal assets actually are:



                                Makes more sense now...
                                WG
                                Ask Jeeves doesn't own those assets, IAC (the company buying Ask Jeeves) owns those.
                                I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do,
                                I can tell them that I work with the mentally retarded.

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                                • KRL
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                                  • Oct 2002
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                                  #17
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                                  • triumph
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                                    • Dec 2002
                                    • 3433

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by KRL
                                    IAC Rocks!
                                    Barry Rocks! He is the man!

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                                    • WiredGuy
                                      Pounding Googlebot
                                      • Aug 2002
                                      • 34513

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by triumph
                                      IAC owns those properties not Askjeeves. IAC is Headed by media giant Barry Diller, he is one of the old hollywood guys who actually moved mountains within the entertainment industry.

                                      Ticketmaster alone is worth billions.

                                      Oops, my mistake, you're right. Hmmmm, I can't figure out why they would drop $2billion on Ask Jeeves then, whats the catch? They have to own much more than just the search engine.

                                      WG
                                      I play with Google.

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                                      • WiredGuy
                                        Pounding Googlebot
                                        • Aug 2002
                                        • 34513

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by BRISK
                                        Ask Jeeves doesn't own those assets, IAC (the company buying Ask Jeeves) owns those.
                                        You're right, my mistake.
                                        WG
                                        I play with Google.

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                                        • imafuckingaussie
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Jul 2003
                                          • 1497

                                          #21
                                          Amazing shit isnt it? I've never used anything but google for years.

                                          You can get it ploughing a paddock, you can get it makin some porn sites, matter of fact I've got it now.

                                          For a hard earned thrist, you need a big cold beer.

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                                          • slavdogg
                                            Confirmed User
                                            • Jan 2001
                                            • 3570

                                            #22
                                            its a great deal for ASKJ
                                            not bad for a company worth under $100 mil just 2 years ago
                                            They definatly sold it AT THE TOP

                                            not so good for IACI, with all the purchases Barry Diller has made
                                            THey still havent figured out how to achieve all the synergies from their combined web properties.

                                            In this deal, askjeves will always be the 5th best or dead LAST singificant search engine property on the web with no real hope of getting much bigger market share... Well unless TW people screw their own AOL property even more.
                                            On the flip side there is no other SE worthy of an acquisition for a company like IACI, so this deal makes some sense. Askj wasnt cheap either, Barry paid a very large premium. Just for a comparison purposes thats about $500 mil more than Yahoo paid for their cashcow Overture about a year ago.
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                                            • BRISK
                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                              • Feb 2003
                                              • 12240

                                              #23
                                              I'm not sure why anyone would use Ask Jeeves instead of Google to search for things.
                                              I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do,
                                              I can tell them that I work with the mentally retarded.

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                                              • triumph
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Dec 2002
                                                • 3433

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by slavdogg
                                                its a great deal for ASKJ
                                                not bad for a company worth under $100 mil just 2 years ago
                                                They definatly sold it AT THE TOP

                                                not so good for IACI, with all the purchases Barry Diller has made
                                                THey still havent figured out how to achieve all the synergies from their combined web properties.

                                                In this deal, askjeves will always be the 5th best or dead LAST singificant search engine property on the web with no real hope of getting much bigger market share... Well unless TW people screw their own AOL property even more.
                                                On the flip side there is no other SE worthy of an acquisition for a company like IACI, so this deal makes some sense. Askj wasnt cheap either, Barry paid a very large premium. Just for a comparison purposes thats about $500 mil more than Yahoo paid for their cashcow Overture about a year ago.
                                                Diller is a very smart guy, and for him to pay that much he is obviously planning something big. Remember IAC owns a bunch of web properties that can tie in nicely with askjeeves especially with 44 million visitors a month from IAC's current sites.

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                                                • Kevsh
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Dec 2004
                                                  • 8619

                                                  #25
                                                  Hmm, can't be that good of a site, Jeeves can't even answer a simple question:

                                                  http://web.ask.com/web?q=how+much+di...%3F&qsrc=0&o=0

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                                                  • azguy
                                                    Confirmed User
                                                    • Nov 2004
                                                    • 5167

                                                    #26
                                                    Yoohoo, time for IACI to go back to mid-30s!

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                                                    • Sosa
                                                      In Tushy Land
                                                      • Oct 2002
                                                      • 40149

                                                      #27
                                                      wow crazy

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                                                      • slavdogg
                                                        Confirmed User
                                                        • Jan 2001
                                                        • 3570

                                                        #28
                                                        Originally posted by triumph
                                                        Diller is a very smart guy, and for him to pay that much he is obviously planning something big. Remember IAC owns a bunch of web properties that can tie in nicely with askjeeves especially with 44 million visitors a month from IAC's current sites.
                                                        i didnt say he's not smart. He's definatly a very smart guy and understands the web. But you cant argue with the fact that he's a little late to the SEARCH party and is paying a very high premium for askj

                                                        His main property that will get a boost from this is citysearch.com, others might get a marginal boost
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                                                        • azguy
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Nov 2004
                                                          • 5167

                                                          #29
                                                          Ask Jeeves is a useless search engine, but it's going to be fun playing with its stock tomorrow morning

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                                                          • azguy
                                                            Confirmed User
                                                            • Nov 2004
                                                            • 5167

                                                            #30
                                                            Originally posted by slavdogg
                                                            i didnt say he's not smart. He's definatly a very smart guy and understands the web. But you cant argue with the fact that he's a little late to the SEARCH party and is paying a very high premium for askj

                                                            His main property that will get a boost from this is citysearch.com, others might get a marginal boost
                                                            Just a few days ago I read an interview with him saying he wants in on the whole local search market. Ask Jeeves just started playing with it too, so I guess he saw a technology and brand he could match to his CitySearch.

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                                                            • woj
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                                                              #31
                                                              damn, that's a nice chunk of change
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                                                              • tony299
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                                                                • Aug 2002
                                                                • 57021

                                                                #32
                                                                dam why didnt I think of that lol

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                                                                • azguy
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Nov 2004
                                                                  • 5167

                                                                  #33
                                                                  IAC needs to buy Netflix.

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                                                                  • Drake
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                                                                    • Mar 2003
                                                                    • 12508

                                                                    #34
                                                                    Big sales online recently. Domain market has been hot, about.com sold, and now askjeeves. We're seeing consolidation in the mainstream market. These guys own expedia.com and many other big mainstream sites.

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                                                                    • emthree
                                                                      Dialer Kingpin
                                                                      • Jun 2003
                                                                      • 10816

                                                                      #35
                                                                      For some reason I could never get use to the name "askjeeves"
                                                                      It rubs me the wrong way.

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                                                                      • Brujah
                                                                        Beer Money Baron
                                                                        • Jan 2001
                                                                        • 22157

                                                                        #36
                                                                        Ask Jeeves has other assest. Isn't Looksmart also theirs ? I forget the others offhand

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                                                                        • sonofsam
                                                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                          • Dec 2004
                                                                          • 18647

                                                                          #37
                                                                          i have always hated ask jeeves...
                                                                          I like turtles.

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                                                                          • ytcracker
                                                                            stc is the greatest
                                                                            • Dec 2002
                                                                            • 12403

                                                                            #38
                                                                            i remember u used to be able to ask jeeves if he was gay and it would give you a none of your business error
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                                                                            • mikeyddddd
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                                                                              • Mar 2003
                                                                              • 16557

                                                                              #39
                                                                              That's an expensive butler

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                                                                              • Bansheelinks
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                                                                                • Apr 2003
                                                                                • 6023

                                                                                #40
                                                                                Originally posted by ytcracker
                                                                                i remember u used to be able to ask jeeves if he was gay and it would give you a none of your business error

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                                                                                • Cassie
                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                  • Mar 2003
                                                                                  • 3139

                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  Originally posted by nmcog
                                                                                  The most useless SE ever

                                                                                  i agree!
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                                                                                  • yuvalus
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                                                                                    • Oct 2003
                                                                                    • 1906

                                                                                    #42
                                                                                    Originally posted by WiredGuy
                                                                                    Oops, my mistake, you're right. Hmmmm, I can't figure out why they would drop $2billion on Ask Jeeves then, whats the catch? They have to own much more than just the search engine.

                                                                                    WG
                                                                                    maybe they have lots of mainstream searches, not neccessarily porn
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                                                                                    • Stallion
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                                                                                      • Jan 2001
                                                                                      • 6632

                                                                                      #43
                                                                                      damn that some serious coin.
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                                                                                      • azguy
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                                                                                        • Nov 2004
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                                                                                        #44
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