Posted on March 30, 2009 in Just for Fun
Coming up with a great idea for your new online business is only the start of the road - you've got to build the website, market effectively, handle the community, grow and then figure out how to make income from it all.
But as the table below shows, there can be big rewards if you can sell your site to an established business looking to expand.
| Rank | Website | Acquired By | Price (USD) | Date |
| 1 | Aquantive | Microsoft | $6,333,000,000 | 13-Aug-2007 |
| 2 | Broadcast | Yahoo! | $5,700,000,000 | 1-Apr-1999 |
| 3 | Geocities | Yahoo! | $3,600,000,000 | 28-May-1999 |
| 4 | Youtube | $1,650,000,000 | 9-Oct-2006 | |
| 5 | Marketing Yahoo! | Yahoo! | $1,630,000,000 | 14-Jun-2003 |
| 6 | Bebo | AOL | $850,000,000 | 13-Mar-2008 |
| 7 | Tell Me | Microsoft | $800,000,000 | 14-Mar-2007 |
| 8 | Club Penguin | Disney | $700,000,000 | 1-Aug-2007 |
| 9 | Right Media | Yahoo! | $680,000,000 | 29-Apr-2007 |
| 10 | Real Media 24/7 | WPP | $649,000,000 | 17-May-2007 |
| 11 | Postini | $625,000,000 | 16-Nov-2006 | |
| 12 | MySpace | News Corp | $580,000,000 | 18-Jul-2005 |
| 13 | Adult Friend Finder | Penthouse Media Group | $500,000,000 | 11-Dec-2007 |
| 14 | Mezi Media | ValueClick | $352,000,000 | 16-Jul-2007 |
| 15 | Zimbra | Yahoo! | $350,000,000 | 17-Sep-2007 |
| 16 | Business | R.H. Donnelley | $345,000,000 | 26-Jul-2007 |
| 17 | Blue Lithium | Yahoo! | $300,000,000 | 4-Sep-2007 |
| 18 | Audible | Amazon | $300,000,000 | 31-Jan-2008 |
| 19 | Last FM | CBS | $280,000,000 | 30-May-2007 |
| 20 | Tacoda | AOL | $275,000,000 | 24-Jul-2007 |
| 21 | How Stuff Works | Discovery | $250,000,000 | 15-Oct-2007 |
| 22 | Photo Bucket | Fox Interactive | $250,000,000 | 30-May-2007 |
| 23 | Hitwise | Experian | $240,000,000 | 19-Apr-2007 |
| 24 | Sidestep | Kayak | $200,000,000 | 20-Dec-2007 |
| 25 | Fandango | Comcast | $200,000,000 | 11-Apr-2007 |
| 26 | Web Dialogs | IBM | $161,000,000 | 22-Aug-2007 |
| 27 | Havok | Intel | $110,000,000 | 14-Sep-2007 |
| 28 | Ugo | Hearst | $100,000,000 | 24-Jul-2007 |
| 29 | Feedburner | $100,000,000 | 23-May-2007 | |
| 30 | iStock Photo | Getty Images, Inc. | $50,000,000 | 9-Feb-2006 |
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