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The Guy Who Took on Google (and now LinkedIn): Mike Yavonditte

Both Sides of the Table

Because he was particularly attracted to the idea of positioning Quigo in the business of helping retailers with search, Quigo started building sophisticated technology for applied semantics stuff with web pages. Quigo Lands Overture as Client, Rejects Their Acquisition Offer. Lesson Learned From Rejecting Acquisition Offers.

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The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition (Part 2)

Software By Rob

This is part 2 in a series covering my acquisition of HitTail ; part 1 went to the top of Hacker News last week and I have a slew of questions from that discussion that I will answer next week. ” This is from my internal monologue that attempted to talk me out of the acquisition. Everything else is semantics. Conclusion.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

This method was perfected by Gil Elbaz and his team at Applied Semantics in LA and in what some have called “ the most important acquisition ever made by Google ” they acquired the company for $102 million before Google had even IPO’d.

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Two Decade-Defining Acquisitions? Then (Google) & Now (Apple)

Genuine VC

Back in 2003 Google acquired Applied Semantics for just over $100M. In a decade in which we saw the web become increasingly distributed with a proliferation websites and content, this acquisition served as a foundation to empower Google to move beyond their core search Adwords product. Sound familiar?

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Two Decade-Defining Acquisitions? Then (Google) & Now (Apple)

Genuine VC

Back in 2003 Google acquired Applied Semantics for just over $100M. In a decade in which we saw the web become increasingly distributed with a proliferation websites and content, this acquisition served as a foundation to empower Google to move beyond their core search Adwords product. Sound familiar?

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How to Make Your Google Search Snippets More Clickable

ConversionXL

Text Optimizer is the semantic research tool that goes right to the source—Google’s search snippets. Choose from the optimizations above to boost your overall content performance in an essential, albeit fickle, acquisition channel. This section offers “keyword extensions” (i.e. It’s a win-win.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. paying for travel data from ITA or others (customers acquisition spend is not included in COGS). This was the large round to fund the acquisition of Sidestep.