The Success of Kayak.com

[prakash]

http://www.fastcompany.com/node/958590/print

[fallentimes]

Interesting article; I actually thought Kayak received pay per click, leads AND commissions in various forms depending on the airline.

This is a good one too: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/23/mobissimo-has-1223-the-...

Some of Mobissimo's main problems are that their name is forgettable and their home page isn't near as slick as Kayak's.

[maw]

Its success seemed foreordained to me from the beginning: a travel site that knows about international flights and whose UI isn't a complete disaster.

[wallflower]

"Kayak.com secures $196 million funding"

A startup?

"Kayak.com's founders include Steve Hafner, co-founder and chief executive officer of Kayak.com and a co-founder of Orbitz Inc. in 1999"