Editing Google Groups (section)

===Change of direction===
[[File:Deja-dot-com-logo.png|frame|right|The deja.com logo used from 1999]]
The service was eventually expanded beyond search. "My Deja News" offered the ability to read Usenet in the traditional chronological, per-group manner, and to post new messages to the network. Deja Communities were private [[Internet forum]]s offered primarily to businesses. In 1999 the site (now known as Deja.com) made its primary feature a shopping comparison service.<ref>{{Cite magazine |author=WIRED Staff |title=Usenet Sale: Sounds to Silence? |url=https://www.wired.com/2000/10/usenet-sale-sounds-to-silence/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |magazine=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028 |postscript=. Only for the sentence, "In 1999 the site (now known as Deja.com) made its primary feature a shopping comparison service."}}</ref> During this transition, which involved relocation of the servers, many older messages in the Usenet archive became unavailable. By late 2000 the company, in financial distress, sold the shopping service to [[eBay]], who incorporated the technology into their [[half.com]] services.