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F***edcompany.com put on the auction block - again
One of the better pieces of dotcom bubble history (and fame) is for sale. The maker of FuckedCompany.com is soliciting bids for his website.
The site rose to fame during the dotcom bubble implosion, when a mere mention on the page could deflate the stock price for businesses that are low on revenues vision. Attributing to the site's creditability, posters were often employees that themselves were confronted by investors and senior managers running for the hills.
The site's owner Philip Kaplan made an unsuccessful attempt at selling the service in 2000. The Ebay listing was pulled after pranksters started putting in false bids. He then introduced a subscription based premium service that offered a searchable archive and other features, and promptly starting making a profit.
The site may have bragging rights for assisting the internet bubble, today it reports on layoffs and such across the economy. Kaplan in the mean time also shifted his attention to AdBrite, an online advertising market place.
The site may note bring in as much as it might have in 2000, it still has a strong following and seems to be made for an age in which aggregaters and user generated content are all the hype.
March 31, 2007 at 01:16 AM | Permalink
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