Overture

5 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jun 30, 2025 by Ben Gilbert · said 7 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

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Google Part I: Origins of Search. How the Best Business in Human History Happened (Audio) · Acquired Jun 30, 2025 · 7 mentions · from 2:24:30
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Jun 30, 2025 neutral

Assertion Partly supported

Gilbert: Google settled Overture's ad auction patent infringement for $360M

“Google did eventually end up owing them three hundred and sixty million dollars for infringing.”

Ben Gilbert Jun 30, 2025 ▶ 2:00:28 Google Part I: Origins of Search. How the Best Business in Human History Happened (Audio) · Acquired

Jun 30, 2025 neutral

Assertion Supported

Gilbert: Yahoo acquired Overture for $1.6 billion

“Yahoo ends up buying Overture for 1.6 billion.”

Ben Gilbert Jun 30, 2025 ▶ 2:01:37 Google Part I: Origins of Search. How the Best Business in Human History Happened (Audio) · Acquired

Jun 30, 2025 neutral

Assertion Partly supported

Overture had 8,000 advertisers when Google had only a couple hundred

“They had 8000 advertisers against Google's, you know, Couple hundred. That they were selling by hand.”

David Rosenthal Jun 30, 2025 ▶ 2:05:18 Google Part I: Origins of Search. How the Best Business in Human History Happened (Audio) · Acquired

Jun 30, 2025 bullish

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Gilbert: AOL Deal Made Google a Major Ad Player Over Overture

“This made Google a major player in the paid listings market almost overnight, and they weren't at all before. Overture dominated this market before.”

Ben Gilbert Jun 30, 2025 ▶ 2:31:23 Google Part I: Origins of Search. How the Best Business in Human History Happened (Audio) · Acquired

Jun 30, 2025 positive

Assertion Contradicted

Gilbert: GoTo.com reached $100 million in revenue in its first year

“Goto did a hundred million in revenue in one year.”

Ben Gilbert Jun 30, 2025 ▶ 1:56:05 Google Part I: Origins of Search. How the Best Business in Human History Happened (Audio) · Acquired

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