{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}} {{short description|Internet portal}} {{Infobox website | name = Excite | logo = Excite (web portal) logo.jpg | logo_size = 200px | commercial = Mixed | predecessor = Architext | type = Metasearch engine with outsourced web portal components | language = English | registration = None | owner = Ask Media Group | launch_date = {{start date and age|1995|10}} | current_status = Active, but just a list of hyperlinks. | parent = IAC Inc. | url = {{URL|excite.com}} }} '''Excite''' is a web portal, providing a list of hyperlinks to other websites.
Excite was founded in 1993 and Excite.com was the sixth most visited website in 1997. It merged with @Home Network in 1999 and filed for bankruptcy in 2001 after the bursting of the dot-com bubble; the website went into a steep decline in popularity thereafter. Excite's portal and services were acquired by iWon and then by Ask Jeeves, which was acquired by IAC Inc. Excite continues to be operated by Ask Media Group, while search services are provided through by System1.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Privacy Policy, www.excite.com |url=https://www.excite.com/privacy |access-date=2025-12-19 |website=www.excite.com}}</ref> {{Nihongo|Excite Japan|エキサイト}} is now operated by Excite Holdings.
==History<!--'Architext' redirects here-->== ===Founding=== The company was founded as '''Architext'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA--> in June 1993 in Cupertino, California,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://adage.com/article/btob/zdnet-unveils-major-redesign/265662 |title=ZDNet unveils major redesign | work=AdAge | date=December 5, 2006}}</ref> by 6 university friends: Graham Spencer, Joe Kraus, Mark VanHaren, Ryan McIntyre, Ben Lutch and Martin Reinfried, who were all students at Stanford University.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/people/graham-spencer-joe-kraus-ben-lutch-mark-van-haren-ryan-mcintyre-martin-reinfried |title=Graham Spencer, Joe Kraus, Ben Lutch, Mark Van Haren, Ryan McIntyre and Martin Reinfried |website=Business Insider |date=November 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120074526/https://www.businessinsider.com/people/graham-spencer-joe-kraus-ben-lutch-mark-van-haren-ryan-mcintyre-martin-reinfried/ |archive-date=November 20, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> The idea for the company was first discussed in a burrito shop.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/13/magazine/the-nasdaq-ing-of-capitol-hill.html | title=The Nasdaq-ing Of Capitol Hill | first=Sara | last=Miles | work=The New York Times | date=August 13, 2000 | url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.afr.com/politics/silicon-valleys-startup-culture-19990430-j8liv | title=Silicon valley's startup culture | first=David | last=Crowe | work=Australian Financial Review | date=April 30, 1999 | url-access=subscription}}</ref>
Isabel Maxwell (the sister of Ghislaine Maxwell) was a co-founder of the company behind early search engine Magellan. Isabel joined twin sister Christine Maxwell who was leading a small company called Research on Demand that was online in 1993<ref>{{Cite web |last=Read |first=Bridget |date=2019-08-21 |title=Ghislaine Maxwell’s Twin Sisters Have Their Own Wild Stories |url=https://www.thecut.com/2019/08/ghislaine-maxwell-family-twin-sisters.html |access-date=2026-01-22 |website=The Cut |language=en}}</ref>
In July 1994, International Data Group paid them US$80,000 to develop an online service. In January 1995, Vinod Khosla, a former Stanford student and partner at Kleiner Perkins, arranged a US$250,000 "first round" backing for the project, with US$1.5 million provided over a ten-month period. Soon thereafter, Geoff Yang, of Institutional Venture Partners, provided an additional US$1.5 million in financing. Excite was launched in October 1995.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.cbinsights.com/research/dot-com-bubble-companies/ | title=Research library / Report: Where Are They Now? 17 Dot-Com Bubble Companies And Their Founders | work=CB Insights | date=September 14, 2016}}</ref> Jim Bellows was hired to figure out how to present the content in a journalistic manner.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/markets-festivals/newspaper-editor-jim-bellows-dies-1118000933/ | title=Newspaper editor Jim Bellows dies | first=Pat | last=Saperstein | work=Variety | date=March 6, 2009}}</ref>
In January 1996, George Bell joined Excite as its chief executive officer.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://nypost.com/2000/09/20/bell-stepping-down-as-excite-ceo/ | title=BELL STEPPING DOWN AS EXCITE CEO | first=Joseph | last=Gallivan | work=New York Post | date=September 20, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/exciteathome-shares-fall-on-ceos-resignation | title=ExciteAtHome falls on Bell resignation | first=Debra | last=McGarry | work=MarketWatch | date=September 20, 2000}}</ref>
In April 1996, Excite became a public company via an initial public offering; Lycos and Yahoo also held IPOs that month, all on the Nasdaq.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1996/04/13/yahoo-stock-strong-out-of-starting-blocks/dc771195-cc78-4bf0-acd5-1e0ab77b9ed9/ | title=YAHOO! STOCK STRONG OUT OF STARTING BLOCKS | agency=Bloomberg News | work=The Washington Post | date=April 13, 1996}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/googles-15-minutes-of-fame | title=Google's 15 minutes of fame | first=Bambi | last=Francisco | work=MarketWatch | date=July 26, 2004 | url-access=limited}}</ref>
In June 1996, the company acquired the Magellan search engine for $18 million in stock and the assumption of debt.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/excite-will-buy-magellan-search-engine-2976079.php | title=Excite Will Buy Magellan Search Engine | first=Julia | last=Angwin | work=SFGate | date=June 28, 1996}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/28/business/company-news-excite-and-mckinley-to-combine-internet-directories.html | title=COMPANY NEWS;EXCITE AND MCKINLEY TO COMBINE INTERNET DIRECTORIES | agency=Reuters | date=June 28, 1996 | url-access=limited}}</ref>
In November 1996, Excite acquired WebCrawler from AOL and was named the exclusive search engine for AOL, in a deal that gave AOL a 20% stake in Excite.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/networking/excite-buys-webcrawler-from-aol/ | title=Excite buys WebCrawler from AOL | first=Garret | last=Keogh | work=ZDNet | date=November 26, 1996}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/26/business/excite-s-stock-soars-on-deal-with-america-online.html | title=Excite's Stock Soars on Deal With America Online | agency=Bloomberg News | work=The New York Times | date=November 26, 1996 | url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-11-26-fi-3163-story.html | title=Spotlight: AOL, Excite Sign Exclusive Agreement | work=Los Angeles Times | date=November 26, 1996 | url-access=limited}}</ref>
In January 1997, the site was redesigned and members of the content crew were laid off.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.wired.com/1997/01/excite-cuts-into-content-crew-to-retool-site/ | title=Excite Cuts into Content Crew to Retool Site | first=John | last=Gilles | work=Wired | date=January 30, 1997 | url-access=limited}}</ref>
In June 1997, the company agreed to sell tickets via Ticketmaster.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB867628738913261500 | title=Ticketmaster and Excite In Pact for Internet Sales | work=The Wall Street Journal | date=June 30, 1997 | url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.wired.com/1997/06/ticketmaster-picks-excite-as-web-partner/ | title=Ticketmaster Picks Excite as Web Partner | first=David | last=Lazarus | work=Wired | date=June 30, 1997 | url-access=limited}}</ref>
Also in June 1997, Intuit acquired 19% of the company for $40 million.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.wired.com/1997/06/intuit-lays-off-270-signs-pact-with-excite/ | title=Intuit Lays Off 270, Signs Pact with Excite | first=Marcy | last=Burstiner | work=Wired | date=June 11, 1997 | url-access=limited}}</ref>
In July 1997, Excite began offering a free webmail service.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/21/business/excite-to-offer-free-e-mail-service-over-world-wide-web.html | title=Excite To Offer Free E-Mail Service Over World Wide Web | first=Andrew Ross | last=Sorkin | authorlink=Andrew Ross Sorkin | work=The New York Times | date=July 21, 1997 | url-access=limited}}</ref>
In October 1997, the company reached a deal to be featured in Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB875719446618756500 | title= Excite and Lycos Get Boost From Tie-Ins to Explorer 4.0 | first=Lisa | last=Bransten | work=The Wall Street Journal | date=October 2, 1997 | url-access=subscription}}</ref>
Also in October 1997, Excite launched operations in Japan in partnership with Itochu.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/excite-partners-for-japan/ | title=Excite partners for Japan | work=CNET | date=October 13, 1997}}</ref>
In May 1998, Excite became the search engine on the Netscape homepage in a 2-year deal worth $70 million.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/netscape-oks-70m-excite-deal/ | title=Netscape OKs $70M Excite Deal | work=CBS News | date=May 5, 1998}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/05/business/excite-a-web-directory-service-in-a-2-year-deal-with-netscape.html | title=Excite, a Web Directory Service, In a 2-Year Deal With Netscape | first=Saul | last=Hansell | work=The New York Times | date=May 5, 1998}}</ref>
In June 1998, Excite launched online auctions.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/excite-adds-auction-service-on-home-page/ | title=Excite adds auction service on home page | first=Matthew | last=Broersma | work=ZDNet | date=June 9, 1998}}</ref>
In September 1998, the company announced an A$28 million joint venture with LibertyOne to launch services in Australia.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.afr.com/politics/excite-inc-in-28m-local-link-up-19980909-k8c9x | title=Excite Inc in $28m local link-up | first=Grant | last=Butler | work=Australian Financial Review | date=September 9, 1998}}</ref>
In November 1998, Bank One received the exclusive rights to market banking services on the Excite home page in a partnership worth as much as $125 million.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/networking/excite-to-gain-125m-from-bank-deal/ | title=Excite to gain $125m from bank deal | first=Matthew | last=Broersma | work=ZDNet | date=November 11, 1998}}</ref> Excite received $8 million upfront.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB910754371417012500 | title=Excite Announces Deal to Create Financial Web Site With Bank One | work=The Wall Street Journal | date=November 11, 1998 | url-access=limited}}</ref>
In December 1998, Yahoo! was in negotiations to purchase Excite for $5.5 billion to $6 billion.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/excitehome-the-walls-came-tumbling-down/ | title=Excite@Home: The walls came tumbling down | first= Rachel | last=Konrad | work=ZDNet | date=August 30, 2001}}</ref>
In 1999, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, then graduate students at Stanford University, decided that BackRub, the name of their research project that later became Google Search, was taking up time they should have been using to study. They offered it to Excite for $1 million, but Bell rejected the offer, and later threw Vinod Khosla out of his office after he had negotiated Brin and Page down to $750,000.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://fortune.com/2010/09/29/excite-passed-up-buying-google-for-750000-in-1999/ |title=Excite passed up buying Google for $750,000 in 1999 | first=Seth | last=Weintraub | work=Fortune | date=September 29, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/09/29/google-excite/ | title=When Google Wanted To Sell To Excite For Under $1 Million — And They Passed | first=MG | last=Siegler | work=TechCrunch | date=September 29, 2010}}</ref> Then-CEO of Excite George Bell said that the deal fell apart because Larry Page wanted Excite's search technologies to be replaced by Google's, to which Bell did not agree.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/03/02/dotcom-bubble-ceo-why-i-passed-on-buying-google.html | title=Dotcom Bubble CEO: Why I passed on buying Google | first=Bree | last=Kelly | work=CNBC | date=March 2, 2015}}</ref>
At that time, both Yahoo and Microsoft were interested in acquiring Excite.<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=https://www.wired.com/2002/01/excite/ | title=The $7 Billion Delusion |first=Frank |last=Rose | magazine=Wired | date=January 1, 2002 | url-access=limited}}</ref>
===Merger with @Home Network=== In January 1999, Excite agreed to merge with @Home Network in a transaction valued at $6.7 billion in stock, forming "Excite@Home", with George Bell as CEO. At this time, Excite was the sixth largest Internet portal by traffic.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.forbes.com/1999/01/19/mu2.html |title=@Home and Excite: big news little substance | work=Forbes | date=January 19, 1999 | url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/20/business/excite-and-at-home-confirm-6.7-billion-merger.html | title=Excite and At Home Confirm $6.7 Billion Merger | first=Amy | last=Harmon | work=The New York Times | date=January 20, 1999 | url-access=limited}}</ref> AT&T, the largest shareholder of @Home Network, gained voting control of the combined company.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-30-fi-14116-story.html | title=Excite@Home Deal Gives AT&T Control | work=Los Angeles Times | date=March 30, 2000 | url-access=limited}}</ref>
In July 1999, the company acquired {{proper name|iMall}} for $425 million in stock and reached a marketing deal with First Data.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/14/business/company-news-excite-home-to-acquire-imall-for-425-million-in-stock.html | title=COMPANY NEWS; EXCITE@HOME TO ACQUIRE IMALL FOR $425 MILLION IN STOCK | agency=Dow Jones & Company | work=The New York Times | date=July 14, 1999 | url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/1366445/excite-home-buys-imall.html | title=Excite@Home buys iMall | first=Sharon | last=Machlis | work=Computerworld | date=December 21, 2000}}</ref>
In October 1999, Excite launched Work.com.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://adage.com/article/news/excite-home-launches-work/7832/ | title=Excite@Home launches Work.com | work=AdAge | date=October 1, 1999}}</ref>
Also in October 1999, Excite acquired Webshots, an image sharing company, for $82.5 million in stock. In 2001, the founders bought back the company for $2.5 million.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-05-fi-webshots5-story.html | title=Founders Buy Back Webshots | first=MICHAEL | last=LIEDKE | work=Los Angeles Times | date=January 5, 2002 | url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/04/26/15-years-of-photo-sharing-exits-vs-youtube/ | title=15 Years Of Photo Sharing Exits Vs. YouTube | first=Alexia | last=Tsotsis | work=TechCrunch | date=April 26, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/26/business/e-commerce-report-photo-sharing-web-sites-have-place-for-your-pictures-their.html | title=E-Commerce Report; Photo-sharing Web sites have a place for your pictures in their digital albums, alongside messages from advertisers. | first=Bob | last=Tedeschi | work=The New York Times | date=July 26, 2004 | url-access=limited}}</ref>
In November 1999, it launched Excite StoreBuilder, a small-business hosting service.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://adage.com/article/news/excite-home-launches-excite-storebuilder-a-small-business-e-merchant-tool/8120/ | title=Excite@Home launches Excite StoreBuilder, a small business e-merchant tool | work=AdAge | date=November 12, 1999}}</ref>
In December 1999, Excite acquired Blue Mountain Arts, an e-card company, for $350 million in cash and 11 million shares of Excite stock.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/excitehome-completes-blue-mountain-deal/ | title=Excite@Home completes Blue Mountain deal | first=Greg | last=Sandoval | work=CNET | date=December 14, 1999}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/26/business/excite-home-to-acquire-bluemountain.html | title=Excite@Home To Acquire Bluemountain | first=Leslie | last=Kaufman | work=The New York Times | date=October 26, 1999 | url-access=limited}}</ref> In September 2001, it was sold to American Greetings for $35 million.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/american-greetings-buys-blue-mountain-arts/ | title=American Greetings buys Blue Mountain Arts | work=ZDNet | date=September 13, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://edition.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/09/18/blue.mountain.idg/ | title=American Greetings snaps up e-card rival | work=CNN | date=September 18, 2001}}</ref>
In January 2000, the company launched a free internet access service.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB94711238431638516 | title=Excite At Home Launches Free Internet-Access Service | first=Kara | last=Swisher | authorlink=Kara Swisher | work=The Wall Street Journal | date=January 6, 2000 | url-access=subscription}}</ref> That month, it partnered with Procter & Gamble to launch a site to market P&G products to teenagers.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.marketingweek.com/pg-and-excite-to-launch-promotion-led-teenage-site/ | title=P&G and Excite to launch promotion-led teenage site | work=Marketing Week | date=January 27, 2000}}</ref>
In March 2000, Excite sponsored Infiniti IndyCar Series driver Eddie Cheever, Jr., for the 2000 and 2001 racing seasons in an estimated $3 million deal.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Journal/Issues/2000/03/20/No-Topic-Name/Excitehome-Backs-Cheever146s-IRL-Team/ | title=Excite@Home backs Cheever's IRL team | work=Advance Publications | date=March 20, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://au.motorsport.com/indycar/news/irl-team-cheever-excite-home-gear-up-for-partnering/1792031/ | title=IRL: Team Cheever, Excite@Home gear up for partnering | work=Motor Sport | location=Phoenix, Arizona | date=March 16, 2000}}</ref>
In May 2000, the company announced a web portal for mobile devices.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/01/business/excite-home-plans-mobile-web-portal.html | title=Excite@Home Plans Mobile Web Portal | work=The New York Times | date=May 1, 2000 | url-access=limited}}</ref>
In September 2000, after the company announced losses, George Bell resigned.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.forbes.com/2000/09/21/mu2.html | title=Excite@Home CEO George Bell Steps Down | work=Forbes | date=September 21, 2000 | url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/bell-offers-resignation-as-excitehome-ceo/ | title=Bell offers resignation as Excite@Home CEO | work=ZDNet | date=September 18, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/20/business/technology-excite-home-chief-executive-quits-but-stays-as-chairman.html | title=TECHNOLOGY; Excite@Home Chief Executive Quits but Stays as Chairman | first=Saul | last=Hansell | work=The New York Times | date=September 20, 2000}}</ref>
In April 2001, the company announced that it needed financing to continue operations.<ref name=rise>{{Cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2001-12-16/table-the-rise-and-fall-of-excite-at-home | title=Table: The Rise and Fall of Excite@Home | work=Bloomberg News | date=December 17, 2001 | url-access=subscription}}</ref>
In May 2001, Excite shut down the Magellan search engine.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.searchenginewatch.com/2003/03/04/where-are-they-now-search-engines-weve-known-loved/ | title=Where Are They Now? Search Engines We've Known & Loved | work=Search Engine Watch | date=March 4, 2003}}</ref>
In June 2001, Excite@Home raised $100 million in convertible note financing from Promethean Capital Management and Angelo Gordon.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/12/business/technology-excite-home-receives-financial-infusion.html | title=TECHNOLOGY; Excite@Home Receives Financial Infusion | first=Saul | last=Hansell | work=The New York Times | date=June 12, 2001 | url-access=limited}}</ref> It also raised $85 million from AT&T.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/20/business/excite-home-gets-yet-another-infusion.html | title=Excite@Home Gets Yet Another Infusion | work=The New York Times | date=June 20, 2001 | url-access=limited}}</ref> That month, Cox Communications and Comcast announced that effective December 4, they would stop using Excite@Home as the exclusive provider of their broadband Net service.<ref name=rise/>
In August 2001, the company fired its auditor, Ernst & Young, after it raised doubts about the company's ability to continue as a going concern.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB998485090809095789 | title=Excite At Home Fires Ernst & Young, Says Move Was Planned Months Ago | first=Mylene | last=Mangalindan | work=The Wall Street Journal | date=August 23, 2001 | url-access=subscription}}</ref> Promethean then demanded partial repayment of its note.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/excitehome-lender-demands-payment/ | title=Excite@Home lender demands payment | first=Margaret | last=Kane | work=CNET | date=August 27, 2001}}</ref> That month, Excite.com was the 7th most visited site on the world wide web, with 28.7 million unique visitors.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/who-wants-to-buy-excite/ | title=Who wants to buy Excite? | first=Jim | last=Hu | work=CNET | date=October 8, 2001}}</ref>
thumb|upright|Excite@Home headquarters for sale in December 2005. The buildings have since been re-purposed as a medical facility.On October 1, 2001, Excite@Home filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and sold its broadband internet access business to AT&T for $307 million in cash.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2001/oct/01/media.newmedia | title=Excite files for bankruptcy with $1bn debt | first=David | last=Teather | work=The Guardian | date=October 1, 2001}}</ref>
In December 2001, iWon and InfoSpace acquired Excite for $10 million. The company was rebranded as Excite Network.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/iwon-completes-excite-takeover/ | title=IWon completes Excite takeover | work=ZDNet | date=December 27, 2001}}</ref>
In 2002, Itochu increased its interest in Excite Japan to 90%,<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.searchenginewatch.com/2015/06/17/search-in-asia-goes-well-beyond-google/ | title=Search in Asia Goes Well Beyond Google | work=Search Engine Watch |date=June 17, 2015}}</ref> and became completely independent of At Home Corporation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=沿革 |url=https://info.excite.co.jp/corporate/history/ |access-date=2025-12-19 |website=エキサイト株式会社 |language=ja}}</ref>
===Ask Jeeves acquisition=== In March 2004, Ask Jeeves acquired Excite.com and iWon.com for $150 million in cash and 9.3 million shares of Ask Jeeves.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/05/business/technology-briefing-deals-ask-jeeves-to-acquire-several-web-sites.html | title=Technology Briefing – Deals: Ask Jeeves To Acquire Several Web Sites | agency=Associated Press | work=The New York Times | date=March 5, 2004 | url-access=limited}}</ref>
In May 2005, Ask Jeeves acquired Excite Europe from Tiscali for €6.1 million.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.theregister.com/2005/05/20/excite_tiscali/ | title=Ask Jeeves buys Excite Europe | first=Tim | last=Richardson | work=The Register | date=May 20, 2005}}</ref> Ask Jeeves was acquired by IAC Inc. that year.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.forbes.com/2005/05/20/0520autofacescan05.html | title=Diller Target Ask Jeeves Expands In Europe | work=Forbes | date=May 20, 2005 | url-access=limited}}</ref>
In November 2006, Excite launched Excite MIX, personalized homepages.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://techcrunch.com/2006/11/21/excite-launches-the-excite-mix-start-page/ | title=Excite launches the Excite MIX start page | first=Mike | last=Butcher | work=TechCrunch | date=November 21, 2006}}</ref>
In November 2018, Excite Japan became a wholly owned subisidiary of XTech HP, which rebranded itself as {{Nihongo|Excite Holdings|エキサイトホールディングス株式会社}}.<ref name=":0" />
Excite shut down its webmail service effective August 31, 2021.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://support.excite.com/hc/en-us/articles/7999099881364-Urgent-Notice-Regarding-Excite-Email-Closure | title=Urgent Notice Regarding Excite Email Closure | author=Jon | work=Excite | date=July 22, 2022}}</ref>
==See also== * List of search engines
==References== {{reflist}}
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