WebSideStory
| Type of business | Web software company |
|---|---|
| Traded as | WSSI (NASDAQ) |
| Founded | September 10, 1996 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Founder(s) | Blaise Barrelet |
| CEO | Jeff Lunsford |
| Industry | Web Analytics |
| URL | websidestory.com |
| Current status | Acquired by Adobe (Omniture) |
WebSideStory, Inc. (later Visual Sciences), was founded by Blaise Barrelet in 1996 as web analytics tool and link directory; its products were Hitbox and HBX. The company went public on September 28, 2004 (NASDAQ: WSSI). In 2006, WebSideStory acquired high-end private data analysis and visualization software company Visual Sciences for $57 million. A year after the acquisition, WebSideStory rebranded itself as Visual Sciences, Inc. In January 2008 Visual Sciences, Inc. was acquired by Omniture (NASDAQ: OMTR) for $394 million.
WebSideStory was founded and headquartered in San Diego, California