Excite

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internet company search engine web portal

Excite was a pioneering early web portal and search engine that played a major role in the first wave of consumer internet services in the 1990s.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Excite@Home 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf internet company ⓘ
search engine ⓘ
web portal ⓘ
acquiredBy @Home Network ⓘ
competedWith AOL NERFINISHED ⓘ
AltaVista NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lycos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yahoo! NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfAcquisition 1999 ⓘ
declinePeriod early 2000s ⓘ
era first wave of consumer internet services ⓘ
foundedBy Ben Lutch NERFINISHED ⓘ
Graham Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joe Kraus ⓘ
Mark VanHaren NERFINISHED ⓘ
Martin Reinfried NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ryan McIntyre ⓘ
hasHomepage https://www.excite.com/ ⓘ
headquartersLocation Redwood City, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 1994 ⓘ
industry internet ⓘ
online services ⓘ
web search ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mergerOrAcquisition Excite self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Excite@Home
notableFor being an early consumer web search engine ⓘ
being one of the earliest major web portals ⓘ
offeredFeature chat rooms ⓘ
customizable start page ⓘ
free webmail ⓘ
horoscopes ⓘ
online games ⓘ
stock quotes ⓘ
topic-based channels ⓘ
web directory ⓘ
operatingSystem web-based ⓘ
originalName Architext ⓘ
peakPopularity late 1990s ⓘ
serviceType email service ⓘ
instant messaging ⓘ
news portal ⓘ
online communities ⓘ
search engine ⓘ
web portal ⓘ
targetAudience consumer internet users ⓘ
websiteType commercial ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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AltaVista → competitor → Excite ⓘ
Infoseek → competitor → Excite ⓘ
Lycos → competitor → Excite ⓘ
Excite → mergerOrAcquisition → Excite self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Excite@Home