- IAC Search and Media
The corporation IAC Search & Media (formerly Ask Jeeves, Inc.) is a wholly-owned business of
IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ symbol: IACI). ["IAC Search & Media: Company Overview" (company website), IAC Search & Media, 2006, webpage: [http://sp.ask.com/en/docs/about/company_overview.shtml IAC-Company-Overview] .] Its headquarters are located in the city of
Oakland ,California , with other offices throughout theUnited States , as well as inEurope andAsia .IAC Search & Media was founded in 1996 in Berkeley, California by
David Warthen ,CTO and veteransoftware developer , and byGarrett Gruener , a venture capitalist at Alta Partners and the founder of Virtual Microsystems. [ "IAC Search & Media: Fact Sheet" (corporate profile), IAC Search & Media, 2006, webpage: [http://sp.ask.com/en/docs/about/fact_sheet.shtml IAC-Company-Fact-Sheet] .]IAC Search and Media provides worldwide information retrieval products through a set of Web sites, portals and downloadable applications. IAC Search and Media's search-based portal brands include:
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Ask.com ::* AskforKids.com::* Bloglines.com::*Evite.com ::*Excite.com ::* FunWebProducts.com::*IWon.com ::*MyWay.com ::*Zwinky "IAC Search & Media" is a parent company of the "
Ask.com ", division and search engine of the "IAC Search & Media". The company division and the search engine shares a same name, "Ask.com ".IAC Search & Media’s
software includesspyware , such products are:::*
MyWay Searchbar , also known as MyWay Speedbar, MyWay Search Assistant, MyWebSearch or MyWeb Searchbar::* Ask.com ToolbarNotes
External links
* [http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/ask.com SiteAdvisor's report on
Ask.com ] .
* [http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/bloglines.com SiteAdvisor's report on Bloglines.com] .
* [http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/evite.com SiteAdvisor's report onEvite.com ] .
* [http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/excite.com SiteAdvisor's report onExcite.com ] .
* [http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/funwebproducts.com SiteAdvisor's report on FunWebProducts.com] .
* [http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/iwon.com SiteAdvisor's report onIWon.com ] .
* [http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/myway.com SiteAdvisor's report onMyWay.com ] .
* [http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/zwinky.com SiteAdvisor's report onZwinky ] .
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