Zip2

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Zip2 was an early online city guide and business directory software company from the late 1990s that provided web-based publishing tools for newspapers.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf business directory service
online city guide
software company
acquiredBy Compaq
acquisitionAmount 307000000 USD
acquisitionDate 1999
acquisitionType cash acquisition
businessFocus local business discovery
online local advertising infrastructure
businessModel B2B software and services
countryOfOrigin United States
developedFor newspaper websites
employed Elon Musk
Greg Kouri
Kimbal Musk
era dot-com era
foundedBy Elon Musk
Greg Kouri
Kimbal Musk
foundingDate 1995
foundingLocation Palo Alto, California, United States
headquartersLocation Palo Alto, California, United States
industry internet
software
integratedInto AltaVista
notableClient Chicago Tribune
The New York Times
operatedInPeriod late 1990s
parentCompanyAfterAcquisition Compaq
productType local search directory
web publishing platform
provided business directory software
mapping and directions for local businesses
online city guide platform
web-based publishing tools for newspapers
reasonForNotability early venture of Elon Musk
serviceArea United States
international newspapers online
status defunct
successor AltaVista business directory services
targetedUser local businesses
newspapers
usedTechnology database-driven business listings
web-based mapping

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