Not defending the use of the term, but you have to look at acquisitions in the context of the time. Though $20m seems like nothing notable today, in the post bubble fallout it was a significant achievement.
> Though $20m seems like nothing notable today, in the post bubble fallout it was a significant achievement.
2005 is probably a bit beyond the "post bubble fallout" - nevertheless the previous year Yahoo spent $579M on Kelkoo and in 2003 (which is most definitely "post bubble fallout" era) they bought Overture Services for $1.6B[1].
Creating something that fetches $20M is certainly a success, but let's not pretend this is some amazing acquisition story on par with YouTube.
