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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."

6 of 156 comments (clear)

  1. MMmmmm by The_Xnuiem · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Makes you wonder if they are planning to challenge google as the search supreme

  2. Fast Search by ralico · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You mean people use something besides google?

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  3. Re:More analysis of the purchase... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    The News.com article was linked in the original article.

    Here's a link to the article, if you want to check.

  4. Re:Actually, you're using Overture... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    For example, Overture is utilized by Excite,

    I don't use Excite. I use Google, and you should too.

    Go,

    I don't use Go. I use Google, and you should too.

    InfoSpace,

    I don't use InfoSpace. I use Google, and you should too.

    Yahoo,

    I don't use Yahoo. I use Google, and you should too.

    Netscape,

    I don't use Netscape. I use Google, and you should too.

    MSN,

    I don't use MSN. I use Google, and you should too.

    NBCi,

    I don't use NBCi. I use Google, and you should too.

    and Ask Jeeves.

    I don't use Ask Jeeves. I use Google, and you should too.

    AllTheWeb is utilized by Excite and Lycos.

    I don't use Excite, AllTheWeb, or Lycos. I use Google, and you should too.

  5. And altavista too.. by phluxoahu · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Overture buying altavista too

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  6. low comment count by swell · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This topic hasn't generated many comments.

    One might think it was less interesting than others. That would be a mistake.

    Few comments may indicate that an important topic is already summed up in the first paragraph (as in this case). It is no less important because there isn't much to add to it.

    I really appreciate the news this topic presents. In this environment and in view of recent comments about Google, there are obvious and ominous possibilities to consider.

    My concern is that such topics might be skipped over in the future because they didn't generate a lot of noise from the peanut gallery. So, the bottom line is don't post these things in hopes of getting lots of comments, but rather post what you think is important. Thanks timothy and generic-man.

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