Sucks Flashback: Business.com pays $7.5 Million For Domain in 1999

A record for the time, the Business.com domain was purchased for $7.5 million in 1999 and was touted to be the future search engine for all business information. That vision never materialized, but the company was purchased for $345 Million in 2007 by R H Donnelley  Corp, which, 2 years later filed for chapter 11.

Business.com went through various site content iterations. It its current form it provides links, search and information for small and medium start ups. It's current Alexa world wide ranking is 8212.

Here are some snap shots of Business.com wayback.archive.org

Feb 2000

Feb 2002

Feb 2006

Feb 2010