10 Facts About Internet Brands

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MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands is an American new media company based in El Segundo, California, United States, that operates online media, community, and e-commerce sites in vertical markets.

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Internet Brands develops and licenses internet software and social media applications.

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3.

Internet Brands's strategy is to focus on specific target audiences that tend to be attractive to advertisers.

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4.

Internet Brands invented a consumer-advocacy approach to selling cars "haggle-free" online, an approach it continues to employ.

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5.

In September 2012, Internet Brands became involved in a legal battle with the Wikimedia Foundation over the future of Wikitravel's community.

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In October 2009, Internet Brands changed the pricing structure for its vBulletin software, prompting complaints from registered users on the official forums.

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Internet Brands defended their position to The Register in a separate article; however, a later update to the same article stated that at least some of Internet Brands' claims were false.

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In October 2010, Internet Brands announced that it would file a lawsuit against the XenForo team claiming copyright infringement; specifically that code in XenForo was based on vBulletin code, breach of contract, and engaging in unfair business practices.

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In 2012, after a lengthy history of dissatisfaction, community members at Internet Brands-owned website Wikitravel began discussing whether to fork of their work and editing activities from Wikitravel and recommence their editing activities at another website host.

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10.

In May 2008 Internet Brands bought Model Mayhem from the original developers Donald and Tyler Waitt.

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