Editing Infoseek (section)

{{Short description|Search engine}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Infoseek
| logo = Infoseeklogo.png
| screenshot = 
| caption = A known logo
| url = {{URL|infoseek.com}}
| commercial = Mixed
| type = [[Search engine]]
| language = 
| registration = 
| programming_language = 
| successor = [[Go.com]]
| area_served = Worldwide
| owner = [[Disney Interactive]]
| launch_date = {{start date and age|1994|1|}}
| current_status = Closed as of 1999
| revenue = 
| alexa = 
}}

'''Infoseek''' (also known as the "'''big yellow'''"<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehistoryofseo.com/The-Industry/Short_History_of_Early_Search_Engines.aspx|title=Short History of Early Search Engines – The History of SEO|website=www.thehistoryofseo.com|access-date=2019-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121213229/http://www.thehistoryofseo.com/The-Industry/Short_History_of_Early_Search_Engines.aspx|archive-date=2019-01-21|url-status=live}}</ref>) was an American internet [[search engine]] founded in [[1994]] by [[Steve Kirsch]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kirschfoundation.org/who/about.html|title=Kirsch Foundation About the Founders|website=www.kirschfoundation.org|access-date=2018-03-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102015638/http://www.kirschfoundation.org/who/about.html|archive-date=2017-11-02|url-status=live}}</ref>

Infoseek was originally operated by the '''Infoseek Corporation''', headquartered in [[Sunnyvale, California]].<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/19970702014416/http://info.infoseek.com/doc/contact.html Contacting Infoseek]." Infoseek. July 2, 1997. Retrieved on January 20, 2010.</ref> Infoseek was bought by [[The Walt Disney Company]] in 1999,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/1999/07/12/deals/disney/|title=Disney absorbs Infoseek - Jul. 12, 1999|website=money.cnn.com|access-date=2018-03-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308025022/http://money.cnn.com/1999/07/12/deals/disney/|archive-date=2018-03-08|url-status=live}}</ref> and the technology was merged with that of the Disney-acquired [[Starwave]] to form the [[Go.com]] network.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.internethistorypodcast.com/2016/09/mike-slade-on-80s-microsoft-next-starwave-and-steve-jobs-return-to-apple/|title=Mike Slade on 80s Microsoft, NeXT, Starwave and Steve Jobs' Return to Apple|work=Internet History Podcast|access-date=2018-03-11|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606091705/http://www.internethistorypodcast.com/2016/09/mike-slade-on-80s-microsoft-next-starwave-and-steve-jobs-return-to-apple/|archive-date=2019-06-06|url-status=live}}</ref>