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Infoseek was a very popular in 1998 , and the technology was merged with that of the Disney-acquired Starwave to form the Go.com network. Since then it has been replaced with Yahoo! search and is no longer in use. Infoseek featured a very complex system of Search Modifiers , including Boolean modifiers such as the most basic "OR" and "NOT", up to parentheses and quotes, up to being able to say that you want one word or phrase to appear within ''x'' number of words from another word or phrase. Infoseek was also known as "big yellow". Today, "infoseek.com" now forwards to the "go.com" website. The brand name of Infoseek is now completely unused in North America, however Infoseek Japan still operates. TRIVIA In 1999 a Infoseek engineer Li Yanhong moved back to Beijing , China and started Baidu with a co-founder. REFERENCES LINKS |
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