The Excite search engine is still online too, and almost exactly looks like when it was brand new. You can use it to search for news on the Dole/Kemp ticket. If rare HTML 2.0 pages could go on auction,Instant Internet Corporation's webpage would worth millions.
Is the Excite search engine still online?
The Excite search engine is still online too, and almost exactly looks like when it was brand new. You can use it to search for news on the Dole/Kemp ticket. If rare HTML 2.0 pages could go on auction,Instant Internet Corporation's webpage would worth millions.
What happened to excite email?
After many years we have made the difficult decision to end Excite email operations for all Excite members effective August 31, 2021. After this date we will no longer offer, nor support, email services for our members.
Can excite help me migrate my data?
Important note: the use of such import tools is at your own risk, and is outside of Excite’s ability to assist. We are unable to provide guidance on how to migrate your emails, calendar or contacts. Once the shutdown period has passed, we are unable to retrieve or restore any user data.
Why did Google buy excite first?
Back in the dawn of the Internet days, Excite had been the “search play” backed by Kleiner Perkins (as opposed to Yahoo, which had gotten its original funding from Sequoia Capital). So when Kleiner, and Khlosa specifically, began to get interested in Google, they came to Excite first, as a matter of etiquette.
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Does Excite email still exist?
Excite ended support for their webmail service on August 31, 2021. Those who already had accounts were offered to pay for a BlueTie Home e-mail account to keep their messages and contacts.
Does excite com exist?
As previously announced, we have discontinued email operations for Excite.com members as of September 1, 2021.
How do I access Excite emails?
Go to your Gmail account and log in with your email and password if asked to. Click on the cogwheel icon at the top-right corner of the page, and select "Settings" in the menu that opens. Enter your full excite.com email address in the window that opens, and click on the "Next" button.
Who owns excite com now?
Whoops. As of today, Google's market cap stands at $167 billion. Excite, meanwhile, was acquired by Ask Jeeves in 2004. That company became Ask.com, and now it's owned by Barry Diller's IAC.
Is excite com legit?
Recent quality reports have classified excite.com with a low risk profile as most accounts originating from this domain are valid and safe. Excite.com is currently ranked as the 77,493rd most popular website online based on visits from recent web traffic.
Did Google buy Excite?
In 1999, Larry Page and Sergey Brin were looking to sell Google to search engine Excite for about $750,000. But Excite's CEO George Bell passed on the offer.
Is Excite email free?
Creating an Excite email account is free; however, you must have a primary email address before you can create a free Excite email account.
Does Excite Mail have an app?
Android guide to setup Excite mail If you do not have an account yet, you can start setting up right away. Otherwise, open 'Settings' in the email app and choose 'Add account'.
Why did Excite company fail?
The reason why Excite didn't want to do the deal was that one of the stipulation Page and Brin had was that Excite had to replace their search technology with Google. Today Google is Valued at $739 Billion, its one of the most recognizable brand names in the world and one of the titans of the tech industry.
Why did Excite not buy Google?
And actually, all of us at Excite have a pretty common recollection of that. It's interesting. Steven Levy has written that we never wanted to purchase Google because it was a better search engine. And we didn't want the search engine to be “too good” because it would send people off our site.
How much did Excite sell?
Of all of the bargains in the history of tech, this might have been the best. And it was passsed on. The story goes: In 1999, Vinod Khosla, the founder of Khosla Ventures (and eventual partner at Kleiner Perkins) got Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to agree to sell the company to Excite for $1 million.
The Lost World
Warner Bros has a few nicely conserved promotional websites. Everyone knows the Space Jam classic, and the Wild Wild West page. My personal favorite is the Jurassic Park: The Lost World site, which was (is) a complete viral marketing campaign INGEN, the fictional company central to the movie.
Memepool
One of the first community blogs ever—in fact, one of the first blogs, period. Started in 1998, muted in 2006, restarted in 2012. Always looks exactly like in 1998. YAY!
Arngren
With its mess of a layout, this huge Norwegian gadget sales site is surely the craziest of all. The content is mostly up-to-date, but for most contemporary visitors, it is more fun to collect all the animated objects than to do any real shopping.
DPGraph
Dynamic Photorealistic 3D Graphing Software for Math and Physics Visualization. Pure hardcore Science and psychedelic animated gifs from 1997—could you want any more than this?
Pacific Racing
This is a piece of automotive history. Pacific Racing was a motor racing team from the United Kingdom. Following success in lower formula, the team took part in two full seasons of Formula One, in 1994 and 1995. Their site from 1995 is optimized for the Netscpae 1.1 browser. Log on for the latest information about the Pacific Grand Prix!
The OJ Simpson Trial Hub
CNN still hasn't taken down the main page from the 1996 trial of Orenthal James Simpson. It's actually quite a complete resource—the backlinks take you through the entire trial, from "Simpson Recalls Day of Murders" to "Sobbing, Elation at Simpson Verdict."
ALIWEB
SEARCH THE WORLD! ALIWEB (Archie Like Indexing for the WEB) is considered the first Web search engine (announced in November 1993). Thank the God Of The Interwebs one can still admire its prehistoric beauty.
