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How Demand Media Used PR Spin to Have Google Kill Their Competitors
Media is all about profit margins . eHow was originally founded in 1998 & had $36 million in venture capital behind it. But the original cost structure was flawed due to high content costs. The site failed so badly that it was sold in 2004 for $100,000 . The original site owners had GoogleBot blocked. Simply by…
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Feb 26, 2011 | How Demand Media Used PR Spin to Have Google Kill Their Competitors by tortilla | 102 | 65 |