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Overture Buys Fast Search

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the zoom-zoom-zoom dept.

generic-man writes "Hot off the heels of buying Altavista, Overture today announced it would buy Fast Search. Fast Search, a Norwegian company which manages AllTheWeb.com, will get $70 million in cash with up to $30 million in performance bonuses over the next three years. The deal is expected to close by April."

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  1. i wonder by egoff · · Score: 3, Funny

    if they realize the bubble already burst?

  2. How nice by nob · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's nice of Overture to merge all these search engines into one, so Google only has one company to buy. It just makes it so much easier.

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    daed si luap
  3. Re:Was there ever an engine that used reg. express by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think by "regular expressions", he means "regular expressions".

  4. Yipppeeeeee!! by mog · · Score: 4, Funny

    One company that I've never heard of bought another company that I've never heard. Wahoo!

  5. Pigeons away! by alaric187 · · Score: 5, Funny

    But do they have the advanced pigeon technology of Google yet?


    I think not.

  6. Re:Fast Search by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    First time in years I was tricked into a goatse link. I guess I should have read the status bar.