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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 therafter. 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.[1] Excite Japan (エキサイト) is now operated by Excite Holdings. The company was founded as Architext in June 1993 in Cupertino, California,[2] by 6 university friends: Graham Spencer, Joe Kraus, Mark VanHaren, Ryan McIntyre, Ben Lutch and Martin Reinfried, who were all students at Stanford University.[3] The idea for the company was first discussed in a burrito shop.[4][5] 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 part

Excite (web portal) - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Internet portal Excite Type of site Metasearch engine with outsourced web portal components Available in English Predecessor Architext Owner Ask Media Group Parent People Incorporated URL excite .com Commercial Mixed Registration None Launched October 1995 ; 30 years ago ( 1995-10 ) Current status Active, but just a list of hyperlinks . 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 wit

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