Disney Shops Infoseek, Switches Go To Google
Date: 2003-03-26 Source: SearchDay
The Walt Disney Internet Group says that it has been approached by companies looking to acquire the search technology and patents it has left over from the company's purchase of Infoseek, the search engine later transformed into Go. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Disney open to Infoseek sale
Date: 2003-03-11 Source: News.com
The head of Walt Disney's Internet unit said the company has been in discussions to sell the Web search technology it acquired in two boom-era deals valued at more than $2 billion. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Disney Shops Its Infoseek Search Assets
Date: 2003-03-11 Source: InternetNews.com
The media conglomerate has been approached by more than one sector player, Larry Shapiro, executive vice president of operations and business for Disney's Internet arm, told Reuters new service. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Disney passes Go.com to Google
Date: 2003-03-10 Source: News.com
Google said Monday that it has begun providing Web search results to Walt Disney's Go.com in a deal that will replace one with competitor Overture Services. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Go Goes Google
Date: 2003-03-06 Source: Search Engine Showdown
Remember Infoseek that became Go after Disney bought it? It dumped its own search engine back in March of 2001 and replaced it with straight Overture searches. Today it now says "Powered by Google" and gives both Google AdWords results and regular Google results. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Mouse's Strategic Retreat Pays Off
Date: 2002-11-11 Source: CBS News
Last year, the Walt Disney Co. surrendered in the Internet portal wars after spending hundreds of millions of dollars to compete against Yahoo!, America Online and others. But it didn't give up entirely. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Happy Birthday, Infoseek!
Date: 2002-07-18 Source: Search Engine Watch
Once venerable Infoseek, a powerhouse search engine that achieved prominence during the mid 1990s, was launched eight years ago today. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Go.com Becomes GoTo
Date: 2001-03-15 Source: Search Engine Watch
The Go.com web site has switched over to providing search results from paid listings service GoTo.com, which puts Disney in the odd situation of earning money from the same company it had to pay millions to last year, after a lawsuit over logos. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Where Have All the Go Guides Gone?
Date: 2001-03-01 Source: Search Engine Guide
According Steve Thomas, the majority of active guides at Disney's now-defunct Go Guide have joined the ranks of category owners using the directory building platform developed by his company, Wherewithal. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Disney to close the Go portal
Date: 2001-01-30 Source: Pandia
On Monday January 29 The Walt Disney company announced that it will close the Go.com portal and search site by the end of February, laying off 400 employees in the process. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Going, Going, Go.com-Gone
Date: 2001-01-30 Source: Search Engine Watch
The Go.com site is to close by the end of February, according to a surprise announcement today from owner Walt Disney Company, marking the end of one of the web's oldest major search resources. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Go.com...Gone
Date: 2001-01-29 Source: InternetNews.com
Walt Disney Co. Monday afternoon confirmed plans to overhaul its money-losing Internet operations and abandon its Go.com portal. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Get Ready, Get Set, Go.com
Date: 2000-10-17 Source: InternetNews.com
The revamped site vastly differs from its predecessor, which was a general interest portal competing with the likes of Yahoo and AOL. The new site focuses on the entertainment and leisure industries, noted Steve Bornstein, chairman of Walt Disney Internet Group. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Disney launches "new" Go portal
Date: 2000-09-10 Source: Pandia
Some time ago Disney announced that they will change Go into a so called "vertical" portal, that is a gateway focusing on a special topic, in this case leisure and entertainment. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Go Going Elsewhere, Loses Logo
Date: 2000-02-03 Source: Search Engine Watch
Go is planning to shift from being a general appeal portal to concentrate instead on featuring entertainment content, it was announced last week. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Go Guides Goes Live
Date: 1999-10-04 Source: Search Engine Watch
Go's new Go Guides directory went live in September. Similar to the Open Directory, Go Guides makes use of volunteers to catalog the web. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Go Beta Tests User-Assisted Directory
Date: 1999-08-02 Source: Search Engine Watch
Taking a page from the Open Directory, Go is inviting the masses of the web to help manage its directory of web sites. Currently in beta testing, the "Go Guides" program lets anyone participate in the process of categorizing the web. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Infoseek Chief Says Bandwidth Will Change Everything
Date: 1999-07-22 Source: InternetNews.com
Infoseek President and Chief Executive Officer Harry Motro predicted Thursday the growing proliferation of high-speed Internet access will forever change the way companies with an Internet presence market to their customers. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Disney Confirms Talks With Infoseek
Date: 1999-06-08 Source: InternetNews.com
On the heels of a GO Network marketing blitz, the Walt Disney Co. has confirmed it is in discussions with Infoseek Corp. to acquire the remaining 57 percent of the search engine that it does not own. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
