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((Short description|Search engine))
((Infobox website
| name = Infoseek
| logo = Infoseeklogo.png
| screenshot = 
| caption = A known logo
| url = ((URL|infoseek.com))
| commercial = Mixed
| type = [[Search engine]]
| language = 
| registration = 
| programming_language = 
| successor = [[Go.com]]
| area_served = Worldwide
| owner = [[Disney Interactive]]
| launch_date = ((start date and age|1994|1|))
| current_status = Closed as of 1999
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'''Infoseek''' (also known as the "'''big yellow'''"<ref name=":2">((Cite web|url=http://www.thehistoryofseo.com/The-Industry/Short_History_of_Early_Search_Engines.aspx|title=Short History of Early Search Engines – The History of SEO|website=www.thehistoryofseo.com|access-date=2019-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121213229/http://www.thehistoryofseo.com/The-Industry/Short_History_of_Early_Search_Engines.aspx|archive-date=2019-01-21|url-status=live))</ref>) was an American internet [[search engine]] founded in [[1994]] by [[Steve Kirsch]].<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.kirschfoundation.org/who/about.html|title=Kirsch Foundation About the Founders|website=www.kirschfoundation.org|access-date=2018-03-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102015638/http://www.kirschfoundation.org/who/about.html|archive-date=2017-11-02|url-status=live))</ref>

Infoseek was originally operated by the '''Infoseek Corporation''', headquartered in [[Sunnyvale, California]].<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/19970702014416/http://info.infoseek.com/doc/contact.html Contacting Infoseek]." Infoseek. July 2, 1997. Retrieved on January 20, 2010.</ref> Infoseek was bought by [[The Walt Disney Company]] in 1999,<ref name=":0">((Cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/1999/07/12/deals/disney/|title=Disney absorbs Infoseek - Jul. 12, 1999|website=money.cnn.com|access-date=2018-03-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308025022/http://money.cnn.com/1999/07/12/deals/disney/|archive-date=2018-03-08|url-status=live))</ref> and the technology was merged with that of the Disney-acquired [[Starwave]] to form the [[Go.com]] network.<ref>((Cite news|url=http://www.internethistorypodcast.com/2016/09/mike-slade-on-80s-microsoft-next-starwave-and-steve-jobs-return-to-apple/|title=Mike Slade on 80s Microsoft, NeXT, Starwave and Steve Jobs' Return to Apple|work=Internet History Podcast|access-date=2018-03-11|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606091705/http://www.internethistorypodcast.com/2016/09/mike-slade-on-80s-microsoft-next-starwave-and-steve-jobs-return-to-apple/|archive-date=2019-06-06|url-status=live))</ref>

==History==
((More citations needed|section|date=February 2019))
Infoseek launched in January 1994 as a pay-for-use service.<ref name=":2" /> The service was dropped in August 1994 and Infoseek was relaunched as Infoseek search in February 1995.<ref name=":2" />

In 1995, Infoseek struck a deal with [[Netscape]] to become the default search engine on [[Netscape Navigator]].<ref name=":2" />

On June 11, 1996, Infoseek's [[initial public offering]] started trading on [[Nasdaq]] (under the name SEEK) at $12 per share.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/infoseek-hits-wall-street/|title=Infoseek hits Wall Street|website=CNET|access-date=2019-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122051037/https://www.cnet.com/news/infoseek-hits-wall-street/|archive-date=2019-01-22|url-status=live))</ref>

By September 1997, Infoseek had 7.3 million visitors per month.<ref name="source">((Cite web|url=http://www.clubi.ie/webserch/engines/infoseek/history.htm|title=Infoseek - a history (from WebSerch)|date=2009-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501140446/http://www.clubi.ie/webserch/engines/infoseek/history.htm|archive-date=May 1, 2009|access-date=2018-03-11))</ref> It was the 7th most visited website that year (5th in 1996) and 10th in 1998.<ref>((Cite web |url=https://tech.co/news/top-20-popular-websites-1996-present-infographic-2014-12 |title=Infographic: Top 20 Most Popular Websites (1996-2013) |date=26 December 2014 |access-date=2019-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110014326/https://tech.co/news/top-20-popular-websites-1996-present-infographic-2014-12 |archive-date=2019-01-10 |url-status=live ))</ref> Infoseek acquired the [[WebChat Broadcasting System]] in April 1998.<ref>((Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1998/apr/15/business/fi-39335|title=Infoseek to Buy WebChat Broadcasting|agency=Reuters|date=1998-04-15|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-11-28|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911203913/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/apr/15/business/fi-39335|archive-date=2009-09-11|url-status=live))</ref>

In 1998, Disney purchased a 43% stake of Infoseek, and incorporated the site into its various media businesses. Around the same time, Disney acquired the [[Starwave]] Corporation, which included ESPN.com and ABCNews.com.<ref name=":2" /> In 1999, Disney acquired the remaining Infoseek stock it didn't own. Disney bundled its Starwave properties and Infoseek and formed the GO.com portal.<ref name=":0" />

Infoseek was among the first search engines to sell advertising on a [[Cost per impression|CPM]], Cost Per Thousand Impressions, basis.<ref name=":2" /> In 1997, the first Cost Per Click programs, as well as the precursor to pop-ups called daughter windows, was sold to [[Grey Global Group|Grey Advertising]] for a [[Procter & Gamble]] [[Pampers]] campaign.<ref>((Cite web|title=CAMPAIGN INTERACTIVE: BEHIND THE HYPE/PROCTER & GAMBLE - P&G looks beyond banner ads to boost its web presence. The company is emerging as something of a leader as advertising on the net matures. By Alasdair Reid|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/campaign-interactive-behind-hype-procter-gamble-p-g-looks-beyond-banner-ads-boost-its-web-presence-company-emerging-something-leader-advertising-net/29015|access-date=2022-01-28|website=www.campaignlive.co.uk|language=en))</ref>

In 1998, Infoseek was the first internet company to develop and launch [[behavioral targeting]] via its UltraMatch targeting algorithms.((Citation needed|date=March 2018)) In 1999, Infoseek engineer [[Li Yanhong]] moved to [[Beijing]], [[China]] and co-founded the search engine [[Baidu]].<ref name=":2" /> In February 2001, Disney decided to cancel the service and lay off all staff. Also in 2001, Bernt Wahl, Andy Bensky and 15 software engineers, all Infoseek employees, led a management buyout attempt from Disney but were ultimately rebuffed.<ref name=":1">((Cite web|url=http://www.thehistoryofseo.com/The-Industry/Short_History_of_Early_Search_Engines.aspx|title=Short History of Early Search Engines – The History of SEO|website=www.thehistoryofseo.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323123112/http://www.thehistoryofseo.com/The-Industry/Short_History_of_Early_Search_Engines.aspx|archive-date=2018-03-23|url-status=live))</ref>

===Post-demise===
Infoseek's Ultraseek Server software technology, an enterprise search engine product, was sold in 2000 to [[Inktomi]].<ref name=":2" /> Under Inktomi, Ultraseek Server was renamed "Inktomi Enterprise Search". In December 2002 (prior to the [[Yahoo!]] acquisition of Inktomi), the Ultraseek product suite was sold to a competitor Verity Inc, who re-established the Ultraseek brand name and continued development of the product.

[[Rakuten]] agreed in November 2000 to acquire Infoseek Japan for $81 million.<ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB975606603552906144|title=Rakuten Agrees to Acquire Infoseek Japan for $81 Million|first=Nikkei Net|last=Interactive|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=December 2000 |access-date=2019-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110014339/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB975606603552906144|archive-date=2019-01-10|url-status=live))</ref>

In December 2005, Verity was acquired by [[Autonomy Corporation|Autonomy PLC]]. Under Autonomy, Ultraseek ceased to be a stand-alone product and became a modular component under the IDOL platform. It continued to be developed and marketed as Autonomy's entry-level keyword-based site search offering until after [[Autonomy Corporation|Autonomy]] was acquired by [[Hewlett-Packard]] (HP) in October 2011.

==Domain name==
The "infoseek.com" [[domain name]] redirects to "go.com" and the Infoseek brand name is no longer used in [[North America]].<ref name=":2" /> However, the [[Australia]]n domain and the [[Japan]]ese domain still operate with the Infoseek name.<ref name=":2" /> The Japanese domain name now operates as a web portal known as "Rakuten Infoseek".

==See also==
((Portal|San Francisco Bay Area|Companies))
*[[List of search engines]]
*[[List of assets owned by Disney]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/*/http://www.infoseek.com Infoseek] (Archive)
*[http://www.infoseek.com.au/ Infoseek Australia]
*[http://www.infoseek.co.jp/ Infoseek Japan]

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