site too quickly, which would be bad for Excite’s advertising business. Page and Brin cut the price dramatically by more than 50 percent. They offered to sell BackRub for $750,000. Excite considered the offer, but ultimately balked. There was no deal. BackRub’s co-founders decided to commercialize and release the product themselves. First, they renamed it. They called it Google. Less than 20 years later, Google is now worth roughly $360 billion. Excite was eventually sold to Ask.com. Bottom line: Fight the temptation to drop your price. Just because something isn’t selling does not necessarily mean it isn’t worth the price you’re asking. That clearly was true for Google, and it’s probably true for your home, as well. While the buyer of your dreams hasn’t yet emerged, it certainly doesn’t mean they won’t. Selling a home for top dollar fast is actually pretty simple. You just have to find the one
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