people, rendering Internetto temporarily dysfunctional. Internetto restarted with a new staff, and it existed until 2002, when Index bought the domain and turned it into an archive of Internetto's pre-Index days. Nyírő resigned as Index's editor-in-chief in December 1999 due to pressure from the rest of Index's management. He was replaced by Péter Uj who remained in this position until 2011. The website continued its growth from the Internetto days, reaching over 50 thousand daily views by March 2000. In the summer of 2000, Index started Totalcar.hu, the website's online car magazine. However, while Index kept growing, it generated a loss of 183 million HUF in 2000, which, combined with the dot-com crash put Index in a dangerous position. The company's financial weakness also meant that it failed to compete with its competitor Origo.hu which was funded by the telecom company MATÁV. By the end of 2001, Index had effectively no cash reserves. 2002 to 2010: Investments, continued growth and the arrival of Zoltán Spéder In 2000, 33% of Index's shares were acquired by Gordon Bajnai's Wallis Rt., putting the company in a much better spot financially. With this, Index could move to a new office and start a new website aimed at women, Velvet.hu. While Velvet created specifically because of advertiser interest, it did not generate significant revenue. However, Totalcar became a major success, overtaking Origo's competing automotive column, and even getting its own television show. This success, combined with a decreased staff size and the continued growth of online advertising markets stabilised the company's finances. Hungarian businessman Kristóf Nobilis acquired 49% of Index in January 2005, followed by the remaining 51% in April 2005. This acquisition resulted in many speculating that the real owner of the company is Zoltán Spéder, the vice president of OTP Bank. The speculations of Spéder's involvement were proven correct when he bought shares in Index in 2006. By this point, the website had reached up to 400 thousand daily viewers. In 2006, Index also started their own blogging site, blog.hu. This also resulted in a redesign of Index's front page, putting emphasis on blog content. Index also started emphasising videos around this time with the arrival of Dániel Ács and Bence Gáspár Tamás By 2008, it became clear that Spéder was also behind Nobilis' acquisition as he started to become more involved with the company's day-to-day life. 2010 to 2017: Increased political interference,