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Top 10 dot-com flops



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8. Go.com (1998-2001)
The Walt Disney Company felt the sting of the dot-com bust with its portal Go.com. Started in 1998, Go.com was a combination of Disney's online properties and Infoseek, in which the Mouse had previously acquired a controlling interest. Though it was meant to be a "destination site" much like Yahoo, Go.com had its own little quirks, such as content restrictions against adult material. Disney was never able to make Go.com popular enough to validate the million spent on promotion. In January 2001, Go.com was shut down, and Disney took a write-off of US$790 million. Go.com still exists, but it carries only feeds from other Disney Web properties.

 

 
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