WebSideStory
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Web analytics
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product Hitbox and HBX
HBX
HBX is a family of binary explosives that are composed of RDX, TNT, powdered aluminium, and D-2 wax with calcium chloride. It is used in missile warheads and underwater ordnance....
. The company went public on September 28, 2004 (NASDAQ: WSSI). On May 9, 2007, the company rebranded itself as Visual Sciences, Inc. In January 2008 Visual Sciences, Inc. was acquired by Omniture
Omniture
Omniture is an online marketing and web analytics business unit owned by Adobe Systems. The Omniture Business Unit is based in Orem, Utah, with offices worldwide. It serves customers in 75 countries worldwide.- History :...
(NASDAQ: OMTR) for $394 million.
WebSideStory was headquartered in San Diego, California
San Diego, California
San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...
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Business Model History
WebSideStory was hoping to sell the service for a small monthly amount of money but most web site owners refused to pay anything back then. WebSideStory decided then to offer a limited version for FREE in exchange for a small banner on each site they monitored traffic for. Surfers who clicked on the banner would be directed to a top list of web sites owned by WebSideStory. Unlike all other Internet startups from the late 90s, Websidestory never received traditional angel and VC investments but made real money and became instantly profitable by displaying banners on their top adult web site list. These sites were the only ones showing huge amount of traffic that could be converted into advertising revenue. As the rest of the web developed, they quickly started to advertise banners on their other site lists.In the late 1999, large brick and mortar businesses decided to use WebSideStory's Hitbox on their growing Internet entities. This time, they offered to pay in exchange of more in depth statistics and refused to display the traditional Hitbox banner, this is the start of the HBX product line. Once WebSideStory was financially sound, it stopped providing its free version of the Hitbox and its associated advertising revenues. The company went public and eventually purchased Visual Sciences and took their name. Visual Sciences was acquired by Omniture in 2008 and as of October 2009 Omniture was acquired by Adobe Systems Incorporated.