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CNET TV do a “Top 5 web flops”, forgets Boo.com

October 11, 2006 by Kimb Jones

Everyone loves a list right? And with the Web 2.0 thing looking ever like the late 90s dot-com-bust the all new CNET TV (beta) listed its own top 5 “Dot-Bombs of All Time”:

5. Etoys
4. Flooz
3. Kozmo
2. Pets.com
1. Webvan

Not bad, I remember eToys and Flooz (the Beenz competitor) but Webvan? Surely the all time number 1 web-bomb-floper HAS to be boo.com:

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