Facebook’s initial public offer has been plastered on business pages across the world in the past week, but it is not the biggest Internet IPO of our time.
Using an online research tool, HighBeam Research, here is the amount media attention each of the five Internet companies with the biggest IPOs received when searched with the term “IPO.”
The number of media mentions are for the three months prior to the IPO date.
Google and Facebook received the most media mentions followed by coupon site Groupon and gaming company, Zynga. The professional social network, LinkedIn received the least amount of media mentions.
Company | # of Media Mentions |
Google | 513 |
Facebook | 481 |
Groupon | 97 |
Zynga | 81 |
LinkedIn | 33 |