socalTECH
MARCH 6, 2014
Paid search advertising , invented at Goto.com --a spinout of Idealab--which was later acquired by Yahoo for $1.63 billion and became Yahoo Search Marketing. It''s also home to many other prominent technology companies, including OpenX and NewEgg. Any notable local inventors/technology we missed? Comment below!
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 8, 2014
So much so that if you read Ken Auletta’s wonderful book “ Googled ” you’ll see that Larry and Sergey had for years stated they would never do paid search results. Both graduates of one of the most premier science institutions in the United States: Caltech. acquired Overture for $1.63
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 11, 2011
He was a life-long entrepreneur and the first business he created out of college (actually, he founded it while he was at Caltech) was a company that manufactured high quality audio speakers. So he launched a company with exclusively paid search. Users would know exactly how much was paid for each click.
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