http://mashable.disqus.com/Internet and Technology News - Mashable is the world’s largest blog focused exclusively on Web 2.0 and Social Networking news. With more than 5 million monthly pageviews, Mashable is the most prolific blog reviewing new Web sites and services, publishing breaking news on what’s new on the web.enWed, 03 Oct 2007 13:34:50 -0000http://mashable.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-kelkoo/#comment-5979704<p>Yes it's true, the bankers value it at $100m... quite a blow for the Y guys. So who will buy?</p>PaulWed, 03 Oct 2007 13:34:50 -0000http://mashable.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-kelkoo/#comment-5979703<p>Get back together with the founding group, buy it back, make it a success and sell it back to them. ;)</p><p>Or yeah, just get them to hire you as a consultant.</p>PeteWed, 03 Oct 2007 08:36:03 -0000http://mashable.com/2007/10/02/yahoo-kelkoo/#comment-5979702<p>Wow! As one of the original Kelkoo founders it's strange to see this kind of announcement but actually not that surprising, for numerous reasons:</p><p>1: Kelkoo has not innovated since the Yahoo acquisition and spends more time getting them to fill in headcount spreadsheets<br>2: Merchants can now get traffic from many more sources (adwords, feed aggregators, widgets) at cheaper and sometimes better qualified places<br>3: Services aren't just price lead anymore - there needs to be a focus on other things<br>4: All the existing founders left!</p><p>I've written a full post on my blog with some good insider info fresh from the source:</p><p><a href="http://blog.crowdstorm.com/?p=282" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://blog.crowdstorm.com/?p=282">http://blog.crowdstorm.com/...</a></p>Philip WilkinsonWed, 03 Oct 2007 07:56:06 -0000