Like.com team shuts down visual search site Riya

For those that don't remember, the early days of TechCrunch were all about "who is getting bought today!" A big part of the "sellout to google" dream started from TechCrunch making it seem like Google would buy any and every startup.

Here's what TechCrunch wrote in 2005:

And as an interesting side discussion, Peter Rip, a Riya investor (and a friend of mine) takes us all down a notch (TechCrunch is specifically mentioned) saying “Every report was factually incorrect at the time it was printed. I did not see one accurate characterization of any discussions Riya.com may or may not have had.”

http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/18/google-passes-on-riya/

I remember when Riya was founded. Kudos for reinventing themselves to a huge new market with Like when Riya (basically) failed.