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LinkExchange was a popular internet advertising cooperative, similar in function to a webring, originally known as Internet Link Exchange or ILE. It was founded in March 1996 by 23-year-old Harvard graduates Tony Hsieh (who later went on to invest in and become the CEO of Zappos) and Sanjay Madan. Ali Partovi later joined them as a third partner in August 1996.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/apartovi )〕 In November 1996, when the company consisted of about 10 people, it moved from Hsieh's and Madan's living room to an office in San Francisco. In May 1997, the company received US$3 million in funding from Sequoia Capital. At its peak, the LinkExchange Banner Network reached over half of Internet-enabled households every month, according to Media Metrix. In June 1998, LinkExchange acquired MerchantPlanet, an early shopping cart and credit card application.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= LinkExchange buys e-commerce site )〕 That same month it also acquired Submit It! Inc., developers of Submit It!, ClickTrade, and ListBot.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= LinkExchange Acquires Submit It! )〕 In November 1998, when LinkExchange had 100 employees, it was acquired by Microsoft〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Acquisition Enables MSN to Reach More Customers )〕 for US$265 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Bios: Tony HsieL )〕 ==See also== *DrinkExchange 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LinkExchange」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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