Zoo.com
Type of site | Search Engine |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | System1 |
| URL | http://www.zoo.com/ |
| Launched | November 14, 2006 |
| Current status | Active |
Zoo.com is a metasearch engine, which as of 2006, provided results from search engines and other sources, including Google, Yahoo! and Wikipedia.[1] Also as of 2006, Zoo.com provided news content from ABC News, Fox News and Yahoo! News.[1]
History
InfoSpace launched Zoo.com on November 14, 2006, as a kid-friendly metasearch engine after InfoSpace, through conducting their own survey, claimed that kids who are more reliant on the internet are more likely to encounter material inappropriate for them.[2]
Zoo.com competed with other kid-friendly search engines at the time such as Yahoo!'s Yahooligans, AOL's Study Buddy, Ask's Ask for Kids and KidsClick!.[1] The metasearch engine used several methods to filter out adult content such as adult sites and adult phrases and did not show results for certain search queries, such as "sex".[1]
In 2014, MetaCrawler, another metasearch engine owned by InfoSpace, was merged into Zoo.com,[3] but was later relaunched as its own search engine in 2017.[4]
In July 2016, Blucora announced the sale of its InfoSpace business to OpenMail for $45 million, putting Zoo.com under the ownership of OpenMail.[5] OpenMail was later renamed System1.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d Sterling, Greg (2006-11-14). "InfoSpace Launches Kid-Friendly Search Engine Zoo.com". Search Engine Watch. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ^ "New Kid-Friendly Search Engine Zoo.com Offers Wealth of Information Without the Worry". Business Wire. 2006-11-14. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ^ "MetaCrawler". 2014-01-01. Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ^ "MetaCrawler". 2017-04-03. Archived from the original on 2017-04-03. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ^ "Blucora to sell InfoSpace business for $45 million". Seattle Times. July 5, 2016.
- ^ "System1 raises $270 million for 'consumer intent' advertising". L.A. Biz. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
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