Infoseek

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Infoseek was an early web search engine and internet portal that gained prominence in the mid-1990s before being acquired and integrated into Disney’s online properties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf internet portal
technology company
web search engine
acquiredBy Disney
The Walt Disney Company NERFINISHED
activeDuring late 1990s
mid-1990s
category Defunct internet search engines
Defunct websites
Disney acquisitions
competitor AltaVista
Excite
Lycos
Yahoo
surface form: Yahoo!
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateOfAcquisition 1998
foundedBy Steve Kirsch NERFINISHED
hasFounder Steve Kirsch NERFINISHED
hasKeyPerson Steve Kirsch NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation California, United States
surface form: California

Sunnyvale, California NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
inception 1994
industry the internet
surface form: Internet

online advertising
web search
language English
mergedInto Lycos
surface form: Go.com
notableFor being integrated into Disney’s online properties
being one of the earliest popular web search engines
operatingSystem web-based
ownedBy The Walt Disney Company
parentOrganization Disney
The Walt Disney Company NERFINISHED
partOf Go.com
peakPopularity 1990s
productType search engine
web portal
providedService email services
news portal
online advertising
web directory
web search
reasonForEnd integration into Go.com
serviceArea worldwide
status defunct
website http://www.infoseek.com/

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AltaVista competitor Infoseek
Lycos competitor Infoseek