Infoseek

History of Infoseek
- Infoseek launched in January 1994 as a pay-for-use service.
- The service was dropped in August 1994 and Infoseek was relaunched as Infoseek search in February 1995.
- In 1995, Infoseek struck a deal with Netscape to become the default search engine on Netscape Navigator.
- On June 11, 1996, Infoseek's initial public offering started trading on Nasdaq (under the name SEEK) at $12 per share.
- By September 1997, Infoseek had 7.3 million visitors per month.

Post-demise of Infoseek
- Infoseek's Ultraseek Server software technology was sold in 2000 to Inktomi.
- Under Inktomi, Ultraseek Server was renamed Inktomi Enterprise Search.
- Rakuten agreed in November 2000 to acquire Infoseek Japan for $81 million.
- In December 2005, Verity was acquired by Autonomy PLC, and Ultraseek became a modular component under the IDOL platform.
- Ultraseek continued to be developed and marketed as Autonomy's entry-level keyword-based site search offering.

Domain name
- The infoseek.com domain name redirects to go.com, and the Infoseek brand name is no longer used in North America.
- However, the Australian domain and the Japanese domain still operate with the Infoseek name.
- The Japanese domain name now operates as a web portal known as Rakuten Infoseek.

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References
- Short History of Early Search Engines – The History of SEO.
- Kirsch Foundation About the Founders.
- Contacting Infoseek. Infoseek. July 2, 1997.
- Disney absorbs Infoseek - Jul. 12, 1999.
- Mike Slade on 80s Microsoft, NeXT, Starwave and Steve Jobs Return to Apple.