Infoseek

• “Tellingly, some tech companies that vanished entirely from the US when the bubble burst, such as Infoseek, still exist in Japan.”

  Wired: A Brief Tour of the Japanese Web

• “After moving to the early search firm Infoseek and publishing several widely read papers, Li was formally invited by the Chinese government to return to Beijing in 1999 for China's 50th anniversary.”

  Forbes: Baidu's Internet Gold Search

• “Mr. Kurnit said on Friday, "I give Janet enormous credit for keeping the business viable 15 years after its founding when major Internet businesses like Excite and Infoseek turned into dust.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Digital Strategy Undid New York Times CEO

• “Inktomi and Infoseek and Altavista and then this badly designed logo with no graphic design work and when I first saw it I actually felt this well of empathy for the poor guys trying to do it.”

  Paul Berry: Tweenbot and the Awesome Power of Empathy (Video)

• “How much are Lycos, Infoseek, and Excite worth now?”

  Henry Blodget: Murdoch's MySpace Is Probably Pretty Much Worthless

• “Like MySpace, Lycos, Infoseek, and Excite were bought near the peak of their parabolic life-trajectories for absolutely fabulous sums by companies that should have known better:”

  Henry Blodget: Murdoch's MySpace Is Probably Pretty Much Worthless

• “Because the value of a business is the discounted value of the future cash flows it produces -- and the discounted value of the future cash flows produced by Lycos, Infoseek, and Excite turned out to be next to nothing.”

  Henry Blodget: Murdoch's MySpace Is Probably Pretty Much Worthless

• “Far more common is the fate of companies like Lycos, Infoseek, and Excite -- once-rich, successful, and powerful properties that are now all but forgotten.”

  Henry Blodget: Murdoch's MySpace Is Probably Pretty Much Worthless

• “Now that we know how the future turned out, we also know how much Lycos, Infoseek, and Excite were really worth when they were bought out at these fantastic sums.”

  Henry Blodget: Murdoch's MySpace Is Probably Pretty Much Worthless

• “Yahoo won the portal wars -- and Lycos, Infoseek, and Excite were discarded like garbage on the side of the road.”

  Henry Blodget: Murdoch's MySpace Is Probably Pretty Much Worthless

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