A Look Back at Dot Com Bad: Flooz iSmell CueCat PointCast Audrey CyberRebate

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05-03-2006, 07:22 AM,

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A Look Back at Dot Com Bad: Flooz iSmell CueCat PointCast Audrey CyberRebate

No mention of Boo.com in the article. Smileytongueout

Quote:What were they thinking?

The Internet spawned so many weird gizmos and bad business ideas that mocking dot-com duds became something of a sport in the post-bubble era. But some ideas still stand out for pure silliness. These are products and services that attracted lots of publicity -- and, in some cases, millions of dollars in funding -- before folding.

In the earlier days of the Web, "nobody seemed to care if there was a real business there," said Alan Meckler, chief executive of Jupitermedia Corp. and Internet industry pundit.

full article: http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB1...?mod=blogs

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