ðə kˈʌmpəni wʌzðɪ ˈeɪtθlˈɑːɹdʒɪst sˈaɪt ɔnðɪ ˈɪntɚnˌɛt wɛn ɪt wʌz sˈoʊld tə lˈaɪkoʊz ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti ˈeɪt fɔːɹ jˌuːˈɛs dˈɑːlɚ fˈɪfti ˈeɪt mˈɪliən ɪn stˈɑːk.
The company was the eighth-largest site on the Internet when it was sold to Lycos in 1998 for US$58 million in stock.