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by RileyJames 3363 days ago
It actually started as RetailMeNot, a website run by two Australians. Whale shark media bought it, and then renamed their company to RetailMeNot. The website has always been RetailMeNot.com.
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nerfhammer 3363 days ago
It started out as bugmenot, for sharing logins to web sites to deal with mandatory signups.
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a5seo 3363 days ago
Yep. This is actually the secret to their (initial) SEO success.
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zinxq 3362 days ago
That's really interesting. Can you elaborate?
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elastic_church 3363 days ago
ya know, thats exactly how I read the statement I quoted........
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