Google Buys Deja Remains.(Deja.com's Usenet Discussion Service and assets)(Brief Article)

Online Reporter, The, February, 2001

Search engine Google has acquired Deja.com's Usenet Discussion Service and assets including Deja's Usenet archive dating back to 1995, software, domain names, trademarks and other IP. Financial terms weren't disclosed.

Google will initially let users search through more than six months of Usenet postings and message threads. Eventually it will add the full archive, giving users access to more than 500 million messages. It also plans to provide improved browsing and newsgroup posting capabilities.

The move completes the sales of Deja's business. In December it sold its Precision Buying Service technology to eBay's Half.com unit (OLR No 227).