Info.com

Info is a metasearch engine, which provides results from search engines and directories, including Google, Yahoo!, Ask, Teoma, AlltheWeb, Inktomi, Yandex, Open Directory, Kanoodle, LookSmart and About.com.[2][3] News search is powered by Topix.net and Info.com's shopping database is powered by Shopping.com.[4] Info.com can also do White Page and Yellow Page searches.[4] Info.com has search plugins for Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Firefox.[3]

Not to be confused with Infocom or InfoCom Corporation.
Info.com
Type of site
Search Engine
Available inEnglish
URLhttp://www.info.com/
Alexa rank2,518 (May 2019)[1]
LaunchedOctober 18, 2004 (2004-10-18)
Current statusActive

Info.com launched on October 18, 2004 with $8 million in backing, primarily from angel investors.[4]

In August 2016, the website had an estimated 13.5 million unique monthly visitors and was the tenth most popular search engine, ahead of DuckDuckGo, but behind InfoSpace and other more popular search engines such as Google.[5]

References
  1. "info.com Site Info". Alexa. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  2. Rubenking, By Neil J.; November 2, 2004 1:58PM EST; November 2, 2004. "Info.com". PC Magazine. Retrieved 2019-01-29.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. "About us..." www.info.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-07. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  4. Price, Gary (2004-10-18). "New Metasearch Engine: Info.com". Search Engine Watch. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  5. Ratcliff, Christopher (2016-08-08). "What are the top 10 most popular search engines?". Search Engine Watch. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
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