DOGPILE

DOGPILE

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Dogpile is a metasearch engine for info on the World Wide Web that brings arise from Google, Yahoo!, Yandex, Bing, and various other preferred internet search engine, consisting of those from sound and also video clip content service providers such as Yahoo!
Dogpile started procedure in November 1996. The site was created and created by Aaron Flin, who was frustrated with the differing outcomes of existing indexes and also planning on making Dogpile query multiple indexes for the best search results. It originally supplied internet searches from Yahoo! (directory site), Lycos (inc. A2Z directory), Excite (inc. Excite Guide directory), WebCrawler, Infoseek, AltaVista, HotBot, WhatUseek (directory), as well as World Wide Web Worm. It normally attracted comparisons with MetaCrawler, a multi-threaded online search engine that had actually existed before, but Dogpile was advanced, as well as it could likewise look Usenet (from sources including DejaNews) and also FTP (by means of Filez as well as various other indexes).

In August 1999, Dogpile was obtained by Go2net, that were already operating MetaCrawler. Go2net was after that acquired by InfoSpace in July 2000 for $4 billion. Dogpile obtained a facelifted layout for the first time in December 2000.

The Dogpile online search engine made the J.D. Power and also Associates award for ideal Residential Online Search Engine Service in both 2006 and also 2007.

In August 2008, Dogpile and also Petfinder agreed to a search partnership.

In November 2008, Dogpile launched its "Search as well as Rescue" program, which gives away cash to animal-related charities. The program additionally helps people find help for animals in need. By early-December 2008, individuals utilizing the Dogpile internet search engine had actually raised $100,000 for Dogpile's Search as well as Rescue program.

In July 2016, Blucora revealed the sale of its InfoSpace business to OpenMail for $45 million in cash money, placing Dogpile under the possession of OpenMail. OpenMail was later on renamed System1.