This is a great list. I remember all of these. The windows live search still sucks. I wanted Kozmo to survive so damn bad. Never got out to the boonies. I don't think a delivery business like that is really *able* to be profitable.

Live have a search engine? I thought it was a random website generator!

Where's cuil.com, they should be in the list, too!

What about cuil.com?

I use live search on my mobile phone on a daily basis, and I can tell you it is a great app

How the heck can they spend a Billion and get no result?

Beggars belief... where did the money go?

Someone should have reined it in after the first 20 or 30 million.



And at the other end of the scale, some businesses won't even pony up 10K to give themselves a half-decent start on the web...

Amazing list, isn't it? I remember when Whoopi Goldberg was shilling for Flooz and couldn't help that even the comical Goldberg found the entire concept to be funny.

5% of the market share is actually a damn good amount of market share, and they are able to stay profitable. Even ask.com which has less than %4 market share is STILL profitable, so don't knock the number three guys!

And also, I vaguely remember Flooz, but don't think I understand...why wouldn't someone just use real moneY?

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On the topic of Windows Live Messenger: I think Google's so dominant that theres no point there being any other search engines.

It'll take a really massive amount of creativity of exceed Googles market share.

Wait.. Flooz.. PayPal.. Difference?

Amazing. So much money simply being poured down the drain. What a ridiculous waste. Incidentally my space is in fact the worst website ever.

My company hired eToys VP of customer service for the same position. She succeeded in "cutting overheard" by simply wiping out the budgets of Development and QA, cutting salaries, and replacing them with temps and contracts when they quit... to acclaim of course. She now has the same position at OG&E, so I expect to lose my power any day.

To live according to a fantasy means that you have no foundation in reality. No foundation,No future.
No reality, no substance, No foundation for analysis.
No real thought. Such an activity amounts to a
nothingness.---Doug Rosbury

The creator of Myspace is disgustingly rich now and you call it a failure? What exactly is your idea of a success? Is it gross income or the positive impact the site makes on the internet as a whole? Yeah, Myspace may have no redeeming value, but I wouldn't call it a failure just because of an opinion.

the difference between Flooz and PayPal

Flooz = you converted currency (say U.S. dollars) into "Flooz" or money which could only be spent at certain online retailers.

PayPal= allows you transfer funds from one person to another (assuming both have PayPal accounts) or to purchase products from any online retailer that accepts PayPal.

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Flooz is always misunderstood in these types of articles. It was a universal gift certificate, not a way for YOU to spend money. It was to give as a gift, and allow the recipient to shop wherever they wanted. I gave many people Flooz, it was quite handy.

haha, I hella remember the Pets.com sock puppet

MySpace grossed over $850 million in revenue this year and is projected to break over $1 billion next fiscal year.

The much cleaner, better looking Facebook on the other hand is still only predicting $300 million for the next fiscal year and is "valued" at $12 billion.

I think Rupert Murdoch was laughing all the way to the bank. He has made his money back many times over and got a steal of a deal. The real sucker is the one who pays full price for Facebook.

@chai g:
Flooz...money which could only be spent at certain online retailers.

PayPal...purchase products from any online retailer that accepts PayPal.

Huh? There IS no difference, other than the fact that PayPal took off and Flooz didn't. Or are you saying that with Flooz you had to convert the money PRIOR to the transaction? Now that it's defunct, we may never know...

Actually, PayPal can be used anywhere that accepts major credit cards. PayPal Debit. It's a Visa attached to your PayPal. Also, PayPal can be linked directly to a credit card or bank account also. With Flooz, you had to buy credits or got them as promotional items. Just look it up on Wikipedia. You'll see the differences.

How is Myspace a failure? Yes, it's horribly ugly, and yes, it's full of immature kids, but it's a moneymaking machine for a lot of people. Ask its creator - I'm pretty sure he'd call it a success, at least as far as the business aspect goes. And since this post is centered around the business aspect of these websites...

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Whats this my space thing?