Comments on: CNet’s Acquisition = Solid Business + Extreme Potential http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/05/15/cnets-acquisition-solid-business-extreme-potential/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:51:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: PJ http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/05/15/cnets-acquisition-solid-business-extreme-potential/#comment-8762 PJ Thu, 22 May 2008 05:15:43 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/05/15/cnets-acquisition-solid-business-extreme-potential/#comment-8762 As a previous CNET employee, there was a rumor floating around that com.com actually made a substantial portion of the company's revenue. BSD-based servers tack on a .com onto any domain they couldn't resolve, thus landing the user on a search.com page with ads galore. Pretty impressive usage of a clever domain. As a previous CNET employee, there was a rumor floating around that com.com actually made a substantial portion of the company’s revenue. BSD-based servers tack on a .com onto any domain they couldn’t resolve, thus landing the user on a search.com page with ads galore.

Pretty impressive usage of a clever domain.

]]> By: Randolf http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/05/15/cnets-acquisition-solid-business-extreme-potential/#comment-8754 Randolf Mon, 19 May 2008 20:09:25 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/05/15/cnets-acquisition-solid-business-extreme-potential/#comment-8754 I like the graphic - it summarizes the existing vs. the potential brands and shows SO MUCH value... I'd love to have this kind of money to start building these brands... I like the graphic - it summarizes the existing vs. the potential brands and shows SO MUCH value…

I’d love to have this kind of money to start building these brands…

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