often attributive
: a company that markets its products or services usually exclusively online via a website
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But by then, consoles were already taking over gaming, and the Backyard series failed to keep up, doomed in part by the dot-com bubble bursting.
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Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 12 June 2025
But while some companies quietly celebrated the end of the whole Internet thing, others would rise from the ashes of the dot-com collapse.
—ArsTechnica, 10 June 2025
For starters, in the year between the announcement and when the merger was finalized, the dot-com bubble popped, sending shares of internet companies (even those that, like AOL, were making money) tumbling.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
The valuation spread between the S&P 500 and S&P 600 hasn’t been this wide since Bill Clinton was wondering whether dot-com was one word or two.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
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Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 12 June 2025
But while some companies quietly celebrated the end of the whole Internet thing, others would rise from the ashes of the dot-com collapse.
—ArsTechnica, 10 June 2025
For starters, in the year between the announcement and when the merger was finalized, the dot-com bubble popped, sending shares of internet companies (even those that, like AOL, were making money) tumbling.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
The valuation spread between the S&P 500 and S&P 600 hasn’t been this wide since Bill Clinton was wondering whether dot-com was one word or two.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
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“Dot-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dot-com. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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