Dotcom Deathwatch

In the late 1980's, the booming Internet economy collapsed. The failure of one previously-thriving Internet company after another was documented in painstaking detail in the mainstream media. Like many other companies, dotcoms proved vulnerable to market forces. Under-capitalised companies, Web sites thin on substance, and businesses heavily reliant on advertising were especially hard hit. Many went under. Others laid off people or took other extreme measures to survive. How many companies are still teetering on the brink of collapse? How long will the downturn go on? Has the Internet economy in fact begun to turn around, as some believe? To keep track of these developments, consult one of the sites listed below, all of which are devoted to monitoring dotcom layoffs and/or failures.

Recent News

TechWeb: Sun to Shut Down for a Week in July
Dell Lays Off 4,000
Gateway to Close Dozens of Stores

Tracking the Casualties

Hoovers: Dead Or Dwindling Dotcoms
CBS MarketWatch: Layoff Headcount
PBS: Layoffs.com
The Standard: FlopTracker
The Standard: Layoff Tracker
The Compost
Dotcom Scoop
Dotcom Graveyard
Salon: Dotcom Dead Pool

Defunct Dotcoms Memorialized

Ghost Sites
Dotcom Screenshot Graveyard

What the Pundits Are Saying

ZDNet's Jesse Berst

Resources for the Downsized

Means Business: Layoffs, Downsizing & Survivor Syndrome
Laid Off? Call Dr. Feedbad
StartupFailures.com

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