Sorry if that link didn't work -- from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
ETour, an Atlanta dot-com that raised $45 million in funding and attracted plenty of attention during the Internet boom, is shutting its doors.
The company's business model worked like this: A consumer typed in areas of interest and the site recommended a list of sites. Web sites paid to be listed as good matches for the consumer. ETour was founded in January 1998.
Like many Internet start-ups, it hit hard times during the last year. It failed to raise venture capital or find a buyer, said co-founder and President Jim Lanzone, who announced the closing Wednesday to the staff.
Lanzone's explanation for the company's failure? "It is the same thing you have been reading about everyone else," he said. "The market."
During the past year, eTour has had a number of executive changes, including the departure of founder and Chief Executive Roger Barnette. ETour laid off employees along the way, including 34 in January. It also tried to shift its business model.
In February, the company said it would try to sell its technology to other Web sites. Also, it said it would focus more on selling the placements to traditional companies that have Web sites, figuring such companies are more stable than pure dot-coms.
At its peak, eTour had 150 employees. At the time that the company announced it would shut down, it had 45. A staff of 10 will stay on board for a few weeks and try to sell company assets, Lanzone said. He declined to release details on severance pay.