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> This website is so clearly a scam created for this antitrust case. I can't speak for the quality of their product but this is absolutely not true, Kelkoo has

> This website is so clearly a scam created for this antitrust case. I can't speak for the quality of their product but this is absolutely not true, Kelkoo has been around since 1999[0], almost as long as Google itself. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelkoo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelkoo

dmitrygr 9y ago
If by "Kelkoo" you mean "a yahoo proxy", then yes See the "a yahoo company" at the very top of this archived page: https://web.archive.org/web/20050701004143/http://www.kelkoo.co.uk:80/ https://web.archive.org/web/20050701004143/http://www.kelkoo... (you'll need to collapse the archive.org banner on top - it is hidden behind it by default)
- glandium 9y ago
  From the wikipedia page: > On March 26, 2004, Kelkoo was bought by Yahoo! Inc for €450 million.
  - dmitrygr 9y ago
    Um, yes, that is the point i am making. Them being Yahoo is precisely why they have beef with Google.
    - julien_c 9y ago
      It's not Yahoo anymore since 2008.
ucaetano 9y ago
From your "source": > In November 2008, Kelkoo was sold by Yahoo! Inc to the private equity firm Jamplant Ltd. The current CEO has been there since 2009, shortly after the acquisition. Jamplant was incorporated in October of 2008, one month before the acquisition. The director was Andrew Simon Davis, who is frequently listed as a director of shell companies and trusts. In the same month he was appointed director to dozens of other companies. https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/LQ_FXmuiSA4f8cOGJqrodQhnS74/appointments?page=18 https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/LQ_FXmuiSA4f8cOG... The Kelkoo Group is based out of the same office as Jamplant, along with dozens of other companies, what indicates a virtual office or company registration service. https://www.google.com/search?q=6th+Floor+Portland+House+Bressenden+Place+SW1E+5BH+London https://www.google.com/search?q=6th+Floor+Portland+House+Bre... It has 5 employees, and seems to have consistently lost money over the past years, and its largest shareholder (and only institutional shareholder) is Kelkoo Group itself. Kelkoo itself was already dead on the water by the time of the acquisition: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=kelkoo https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=kelkoo That was shortly after the initial complaints against Google: https://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/legal-news-articles/case/unfair-business/ https://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/legal-news-articles/ca...
- ameister14 9y ago
  >The Kelkoo Group is based out of the same office as Jamplant, along with dozens of other companies, what indicates a virtual office or company registration service. That office is 300k sqft of 'flexible office space.'
  - ucaetano 9y ago
    Not just the same address, but the same floor.

dmitrygr 9y ago

If by "Kelkoo" you mean "a yahoo proxy", then yes See the "a yahoo company" at the very top of this archived page: https://web.archive.org/web/20050701004143/http://www.kelkoo.co.uk:80/ https://web.archive.org/web/20050701004143/http://www.kelkoo... (you'll need to collapse the archive.org banner on top - it is hidden behind it by default)

glandium 9y ago
From the wikipedia page: > On March 26, 2004, Kelkoo was bought by Yahoo! Inc for €450 million.
- dmitrygr 9y ago
  Um, yes, that is the point i am making. Them being Yahoo is precisely why they have beef with Google.
  - julien_c 9y ago
    It's not Yahoo anymore since 2008.

ucaetano 9y ago

From your "source": > In November 2008, Kelkoo was sold by Yahoo! Inc to the private equity firm Jamplant Ltd. The current CEO has been there since 2009, shortly after the acquisition. Jamplant was incorporated in October of 2008, one month before the acquisition. The director was Andrew Simon Davis, who is frequently listed as a director of shell companies and trusts. In the same month he was appointed director to dozens of other companies. https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/LQ_FXmuiSA4f8cOGJqrodQhnS74/appointments?page=18 https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/LQ_FXmuiSA4f8cOG... The Kelkoo Group is based out of the same office as Jamplant, along with dozens of other companies, what indicates a virtual office or company registration service. https://www.google.com/search?q=6th+Floor+Portland+House+Bressenden+Place+SW1E+5BH+London https://www.google.com/search?q=6th+Floor+Portland+House+Bre... It has 5 employees, and seems to have consistently lost money over the past years, and its largest shareholder (and only institutional shareholder) is Kelkoo Group itself. Kelkoo itself was already dead on the water by the time of the acquisition: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=kelkoo https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=kelkoo That was shortly after the initial complaints against Google: https://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/legal-news-articles/case/unfair-business/ https://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/legal-news-articles/ca...

ameister14 9y ago
>The Kelkoo Group is based out of the same office as Jamplant, along with dozens of other companies, what indicates a virtual office or company registration service. That office is 300k sqft of 'flexible office space.'
- ucaetano 9y ago
  Not just the same address, but the same floor.