The Internet has created more billionaires (Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Mark Cuban, David Filo, Pierre Omidyar, Jeff Bezos, Ram Shriram, Todd Wagner, Margaret Whitman, Mark Zuckerberg, Eric Schmidt….) than any other industry in the last decade.
Here we list 80 biggest website sales in the history of the Internet:
LIST IS WRITTEN ON THE FOLLOWING STYLE:
Rank–Website–Type–Acquired By–Value (in USD)–Year
1 aQuantive Advertising Microsoft 6.3 Billion 2007
2 Broadcast Internet Radio Yahoo! 5.7 Billion 1999
3 GeoCities Web Hosting Yahoo! 3.6 Billion 1999
4 DoubleClick Advertising Google 3.1 Billion 2007
5 Skype VoIP eBay 2.6 Billion 2005
6 CNET Group Of Websites CBS Interactive 1.8 Billion 2008
7 YouTube Video Sharing Website Google 1.65 Billion 2006
8 ZDNet Webzine CNET 1.6 Billion 2000
9 PayPal E-commerce Payment Systems eBay 1.5 Billion 2002
10 Bill Me Later eCommerce eBay 1.2 Billion 2008
11 Bebo Social Networking Website AOL 850 Million 2008
12 Tellme Voice Portal Microsoft 800 Million 2007
13 Club Penguin Online Games (MMOG) Disney 700 Million 2007
14 mySimon Comparison Shopping Website CNET 700 Million 2000
15 Right Media Advertising Yahoo! 680 Million 2007
16 IGN Video game Journalism News Corp. 650 Million 2005
17 24/7 Real Media Advertising WPP 649 Million 2007
18 Postini E-mail And Web Security Google 625 Million 2006
19 Shopping.com Price Comparison Website eBay 620 Million 2005
20 MySpace Social Networking Website News Corp. 580 Million 2005
21 Kelkoo Price Comparison Website Yahoo! 579 Million 2004
22 Adult FriendFinder Adult Penthouse Media Group 500 Million 2007
23 Greenfield Online Online Survey And Price Comparision Microsoft 486 Million 2008
24 HotJobs Online Job Search Engine Yahoo! 436 Million 2002
25 e-Groups Email List Management Website Yahoo! 432 Million 2000
26 Rent.com Classified Advertising eBay 415 Million 2005
27 Hotmail Webmail Microsoft 400 Million 1997
28 Mirabilis Instant Messenger AOL 400 Million 1998
29 Moviefone Movies AOL 400 Million 1999
30 MP3.com Music Vivendi Universal 372 Million 2001
31 MeziMedia Comparison Shopping Website Operator ValueClick 352 Million 2007
32 Zimbra Groupware Yahoo! 350 Million 2007
33 Business Search Engine And Directory R. H. Donnelley 345 Million 2007
34 Half.com Online Marketplace eBay 318 Million 2000
35 StubHub eCommerce (Tickets) eBay 310 Million 2007
36 BlueLithium Advertising Yahoo! 300 Million 2007
37 Audible.com Audiobooks Amazon 300 Million 2008
38 Marktplaats.nl Classified Advertising eBay 290 Million 2004
39 Last.FM Internet Radio CBS Interactive 280 Million 2007
40 Tacoda Advertising AOL 275 Million 2007
41 Alexa Web Traffic Reporting Amazon 250 Million 1999
42 Photobucket Image Hosting News Corp. 250 Million 2007
43 HowStuffWorks Science Discovery 250 Million 2007
44 Hitwise Internet Traffic Monitor Experian 240 Million 2007
45 AllBusiness.com Business Information NBC 225 Million 2000
46 Friends Reunited Social Networking ITV plc 208 Million 2005
47 PlaceWare Web Conferencing Microsoft 200 Million 2003
48 Dice Inc. Job Search (Tech Profe) General Atlantic LLC And Quadrangle LLC 200 Million 2005
49 Fandango Online Ticket Sell Comcast 200 Million 2007
50 Quack.com Voice Portal AOL 200 Million 2000
51 WebDialogs Online Meeting Solutions IBM 161 Million 2007
52 EachNet eCommerce eBay 150 Million 2003
53 Kimo Web Portal Yahoo! 145 Million 2000
54 IndiaWorld Group Of Websites Sify 115 Million 1999
55 dMarc Broadcasting Advertising Google 102 Million 2006
56 UGO Online Entertainment Hearst 100 Million 2007
57 FeedBurner We Feed Management Provider Google 100 Million 2007
58 Maktoob Arab Web Portal Yahoo! 85 Million 2009
59 Webshots Free Online Photo Sharing Site ExciteatHome 82.5 Million 1999
60 Farecast Online Search Software Microsoft 75 Million 2008
61 StumbleUpon Recommendation Engine eBay 75 Million 2007
62 Joyo.com Chinese Shopping Website Amazon 75 Million 2004
63 eFinancialCareers Finance Job Search Dice Inc. 75 Million 2006
64 Allrecipes.com Recipe-Sharing Site Reader’s Digest Association Inc 66 Million 2006
65 Hemscott Data, Media, And Investor Relations Website Morningstar, Inc. 51.6 Million 2008
66 Foxsports Sports Premier Media Group 50 Million 2007
67 Baazee.com Online Auction eBay 50 Million 2004
68 iStockphoto Stock Images Getty Images 50 Million 2006
69 Cricinfo Cricket Website ESPN 50 Million 2007 69 Ludicorp (Flickr) Image And Video Hosting Website Yahoo! 40 Million 2005
70 Paid Content Blog Network Guardian 30 Million 2008
71 PriceRunner Price Comparison Website ValueClick 29 Million 2006
72 Weblogs, Inc. Group Of Blogs AOL 25 Million 2005
73 Ars Technica Technology Blog Condé Nast Publications 25 Million 2008
74 TechRepublic Online Magazine And Community CNET 23 Million 2001
75 Delicious Online Social Bookmarking Yahoo! 20 Million 2005
76 Hot or Not Rating Site Avid Life Media 20 Million 2008
77 Bankaholic Financial Blog Bankrate 15 Million 2008
78 Deadline Holly- – wood Daily Hollywood Insider Website Mail.com Media Corporation 14 Million 2009
79 MyMMOShop Virtual Currency Exchange My MMO Inc. 10 Million 2009
80 The Pirate Bay Torrent Index And Tracker Global Gaming Factory X 7.8 Million 2009
