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Direct Hit

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Direct Hit is a Massachusetts company that had developed a “click popularity” search technology, which was licensed to MSN and Lycos, among others. They were acquired by Ask.com in February of 2000.

Recent Milestones

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  Direct Hit was acquired by Ask.com for $500M. (2/1/00)
  Posted 2/20/08 at 9:06pm via searchenginewatch.com
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  Direct Hit received $26M in Debt funding. (8/2/99)
  Posted 8/21/11 at 4:48pm via thefreelibrary.com

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Sources

1. Ask Jeeves Asks Direct Hit (searchenginewatch.com) [edit]
2. Direct Hit Secures $26 Million in Mezzanine Financing; TA Associates and Commonwealth Capital Lead Premier Group of Investors. (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]