DOGPILE

DOGPILE

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Dogpile is a metasearch engine for information on the World Wide Web that brings results from Google, Yahoo!, Yandex, Bing, and also various other prominent internet search engine, including those from audio and video clip content providers such as Yahoo!
Dogpile started procedure in November 1996. The website was produced and developed by Aaron Flin, that was frustrated with the differing outcomes of existing indexes and planning on making Dogpile query numerous indexes for the very best search results page. It initially offered internet searches from Yahoo! (directory), Lycos (inc. A2Z directory), Excite (inc. Excite Guide directory), WebCrawler, Infoseek, AltaVista, HotBot, WhatUseek (directory), and also World Wide Web Worm. It normally drew contrasts with MetaCrawler, a multi-threaded online search engine that had existed in the past, however Dogpile was more advanced, and also it can also search Usenet (from sources including DejaNews) and also FTP (via Filez as well as 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 very first time in December 2000.

The Dogpile internet search engine earned the J.D. Power and Associates honor for best Residential Online Search Engine Service in both 2006 and also 2007.

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

In November 2008, Dogpile launched its "Search as well as Rescue" program, which contributes money to animal-related charities. The program also aids people find help for pets in need. By early-December 2008, people making use of the Dogpile search engine had actually elevated $100,000 for Dogpile's Search and also Rescue program.

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