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> Urchin is not Google advertising's only origin story... Further because that leaves out the Overture / Inktomi part of Google’s revenue origin story…

• ec109685 2y ago
  Yahoo bought them.
  • jsjohnst 2y ago
    Sure, but what did Yahoo also do? They settled the patent suit that was jeopardizing Google’s IPO. What were those terms? Find out and learn a fascinating part of Google’s history.
    • cj 2y ago
      Spoiler alert: Google agreed to give yahoo $300m worth of Google IPO shares.
      • jsjohnst 2y ago
        There’s more to it than that.