] Search-engine giant Google recently made a $30 million
] offer to buy Friendster, the hot Sunnyvale online dating
] site that lets users meet and date friends of their
] friends.
]
] Friendster spurned the proposal, choosing instead to
] accept $13 million in fresh investments from venture
] capital firms, according to two VC insiders familiar with
] the events.

Mercury News | 10/31/2003 | Friendster spurns Google