<s>
Business.com	B-Application
is	O
a	O
digital	O
media	O
company	O
and	O
B2B	O
web	O
destination	O
which	O
offers	O
various	O
performance	O
marketing	O
advertising	O
,	O
including	O
lead	O
generation	O
products	O
on	O
a	O
pay	O
per	O
lead	O
and	O
pay	O
per	O
click	O
basis	O
,	O
directory	B-Protocol
listings	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
display	O
advertising	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business.com	B-Application
operates	O
as	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
the	O
Purch	O
Group	O
since	O
being	O
acquired	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Having	O
sold	O
their	O
brands	O
to	O
Future	O
,	O
Purch	O
's	O
existing	O
B2B	O
assets	O
later	O
reorganised	O
into	O
Business.com	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business.com,	O
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1999	O
by	O
Jake	O
Winebaum	O
,	O
previously	O
chairman	O
of	O
the	O
Walt	O
Disney	O
Internet	O
Group	O
;	O
and	O
Sky	O
Dayton	O
,	O
founder	O
of	O
Earthlink	O
,	O
Boingo	O
Wireless	O
,	O
and	O
Helio	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
Business.com	B-Application
domain	O
name	O
was	O
purchased	O
from	O
Marc	O
Ostrofsky	O
by	O
Winebaum	O
's	O
eCompanies	O
Ventures	O
for	O
$7.5	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
initial	O
form	O
,	O
Business.com	B-Application
aimed	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
Internet	O
's	O
leading	O
search	O
engine	O
for	O
small	O
business	O
and	O
corporate	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business.com	B-Application
struggled	O
through	O
the	O
Dot-com	O
bubble	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
9	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Business.com	B-Application
launched	O
Work.com,	O
a	O
site	O
with	O
business	O
how-to	O
guides	O
contributed	O
by	O
the	O
small	O
business	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Work.com	O
was	O
sold	O
in	O
March	O
2012	O
and	O
is	O
now	O
owned	O
by	O
Salesforce.com	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
on	O
July	O
26	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
after	O
beating	O
out	O
Dow	O
Jones	O
&	O
Company	O
,	O
the	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
Company	O
,	O
IAC/InterActiveCorp	O
,	O
and	O
News	O
Corp	O
,	O
print	O
and	O
interactive	O
marketing	O
company	O
R.H.	O
Donnelley	O
Corporation	O
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
acquire	O
Business.com	B-Application
in	O
a	O
deal	O
valued	O
at	O
$345	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2011	O
,	O
Resource	B-Application
Nation	I-Application
acquired	O
the	O
brand	O
and	O
associated	O
assets	O
of	O
Business.com	B-Application
to	O
become	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
largest	O
online	O
destinations	O
for	O
business	O
buyers	O
looking	O
for	O
business-to-business	O
(	O
B2B	O
)	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2013	O
,	O
Business.com	B-Application
launched	O
a	O
site	O
refresh	O
,	O
new	O
logo	O
and	O
new	O
suite	O
of	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
Business.com	B-Application
website	O
was	O
relaunched	O
expanding	O
beyond	O
a	O
home	O
page	O
and	O
refresh	O
that	O
happened	O
in	O
March	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2016	O
,	O
Business.com	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Purch	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business.com	B-Application
was	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Future	O
plc	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Purch	O
's	O
consumer	O
properties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business.com	B-Application
produces	O
daily	O
content	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
staff	O
reporters	O
and	O
market	O
experts	O
are	O
featured	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
Daily	O
Business	O
Quote	O
of	O
the	O
Day	O
was	O
featured	O
by	O
Time	O
Inc	O
.	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
27	O
Pinterest	B-Application
Boards	O
that	O
will	O
make	O
your	O
life	O
better	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business.com	B-Application
serves	O
advertisers	O
looking	O
to	O
reach	O
the	O
growth	O
companies	O
audience	O
characterized	O
as	O
20-1000	O
employee	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Advertising	O
customers	O
include	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
largest	O
B2B	O
brands	O
in	O
B2B	O
such	O
as	O
Intel	O
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
,	O
Marketo	B-Application
,	O
ADP	O
,	O
Sprint	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
smaller	O
brands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business.com	B-Application
has	O
been	O
named	O
as	O
a	O
Best	O
Place	O
to	O
Work	O
by	O
the	O
San	O
Diego	O
Business	O
Journal	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
