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This is a list of acquisitions by AOL. AOL is an internet company founded in 1985 as Quantum Computing Services.[1] Each acquisition is for the respective company in its entirety. The acquisition date listed is the date of the agreement between AOL and the subject of the acquisition. The value of each acquisition is listed in US dollars because AOL is headquartered in the United States. If the value of an acquisition is not listed, then it is undisclosed.

AOL's largest acquisition as of April 2008 is the purchase of Netscape, a web browser company, for US$4.2 billion. Netscape's browser was dominant in terms of market share, but it has lost most of its share to Internet Explorer during the first browser war. By the end of 2007, the usage share of Netscape's browsers had fallen from over 90% in the 1990s, to less than 1%.[2] Its second-largest acquisition is the purchase of MapQuest, a web mapping company. Even with increased competition from Google Maps and Microsoft's Live Search Maps, MapQuest still has the greatest market share among mapping websites.[3] The majority of the companies acquired by AOL are based in the United States. A total of 41 companies have been acquired as of April 2008. Most of the acquired companies are related to the internet, including several internet service providers and web browsers.

Acquisitions

Acquisition date Company Business Country Value (USD) References
August 1994 Redgate Communications Internet service provider  USA $33,000,000 [4]
November 1994 BookLink Web browser  USA $30,000,000 [5]
November 30, 1994 NaviSoft Web server  USA — [6]
May 1995 Medior User interface design  USA — [7]
September 22, 1995 Ubique Virtual places  ISR — [8]
February 1, 1996 Johnson-Grace Data compression  USA — [9]
August 6, 1996 ImagiNation Network Online game  USA — [10]
November 25, 1996 Global Network Navigator Web browser  USA — [11]
November 10, 1997 CompuServe Online service  USA $175,000,000 [12]
January 26, 1998 Personal Library Software Search engine  USA — [13]
June 8, 1998 Mirabilis Instant messaging  ISR $287,000,000 [14]
November 24, 1998 Netscape Web browser  USA $4.2×10^9 [15]
May 27, 1999 Moviefone Film database  USA $525,000,000 [16]
June 1, 1999 Nullsoft Media player  USA $80,000,000 [17]
June 1, 1999 Spinner.com Media player  USA $320,000,000 [17]
October 1999 Gateway.net Computer hardware  USA $800,000,000 [18]
December 3, 1999 Tegic Predictive text  USA — [19]
December 22, 1999 MapQuest Web mapping  USA $1.1×10^9 [20]
September 2, 2000 Quack.com Voiceportal  USA $200,000,000 [21][22]
September 5, 2000 iAmaze HTML editor  USA — [23]
May 19, 2001 InfoInterActive Telecommunications  CAN $28,200,000 [24]
July 2001 eVoice Telecommunications  USA — [25]
November 19, 2003 Singingfish Audio/Video search engine  USA — [26]
June 24, 2004 Advertising.com Online advertising  USA $435,000,000 [27]
August 3, 2004 MailBlocks E-mail service provider  USA — [28]
August 3, 2005 Xdrive Online storage  USA — [29]
August 7, 2005 Wildseed Mobile software  USA — [30]
October 5, 2005 Weblogs, Inc. Weblog network  USA — [31]
November 3, 2005 MusicNow Online music store  USA — [32]
January 10, 2006 Truveo Video search engine  USA — [33]
May 17, 2006 Lightningcast Internet marketing  USA — [34]
August 13, 2006 Userplane Social network service  USA — [35]
August 16, 2006 GameDaily Video game journalism  USA — [36]
November 8, 2006 Relegence Financial services  USA — [37]
May 14, 2007 Third Screen Media Mobile advertising  USA — [38]
May 15, 2007 AdTech Advertising network  DEU — [39]
July 23, 2007 Tacoda Advertising network  USA — [40]
November 7, 2007 Quigo Advertising network  USA — [41]
February 5, 2008 buy.at Affiliate network  USA — [42]
March 13, 2008 Bebo Social network service  UK $850,000,000 [43]
April 14, 2008 Sphere Web search engine  USA — [44]

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References

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  3. ^ "Mapquest, Google and Yahoo! Maps: The Brand Issue". Hitwise. 2006-05-22. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  4. ^ "AOL Moving Executives, Headquarters To New York". The Washington Post. 2007-09-18. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  5. ^ "Inside Microsoft (Part 2)". Business Week. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  6. ^ "7th USENIX Tcl/Tk Conference". USENIX. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  7. ^ "Resume: Barry Schuler". Business Week. 2001-07-02. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  8. ^ "Ubique". The Yozma Group. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  9. ^ "ToyWar is over!". ToyWar is over!. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  10. ^ "America Online Acquires Imagination Network". Time Warner. 1996-08-06. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  11. ^ "Sample Business Contracts". FindLaw. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  12. ^ "AOL-CompuServe deal cleared". CNET. 1997-11-10. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  13. ^ "AOL Acquires Personal Library Software". Information Today, Inc. 1998-01-26. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  14. ^ "AOL Buys Israel's Mirabilis". InterNetNews. 1998-06-08. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  15. ^ "AOL buys Netscape for $4.2 billion". CNET. 1998-11-24. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  16. ^ "Short Take: AOL acquires MovieFone". CNET. 1999-05-27. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  17. ^ a b "AOL buys Spinner, Nullsoft for $400 million". CNET. 1999-06-01. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  18. ^ "Gateway closes AOL chapter with stock buyback". CNET. 2004-11-02. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  19. ^ "Tegic gets its price from AOL, forgets idea of IPO". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 1999-12-03. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  20. ^ "AOL to acquire MapQuest". CNN. 1999-12-22. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  21. ^ "AOL Acquires Voice Portal Quack.com". Computerworld. 2000-02-09. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  22. ^ "Firm finds connection with cell phones". Wicked Local. 2007-21-02. Retrieved 2008-05-18. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  23. ^ "AOL Acquires iAmaze". InterNetNews. 2000-09-05. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  24. ^ "AOL Time Warner Agrees to Acquire InfoInterActive". The New York Times. 2001-05-19. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  25. ^ "Member Profile". Go BIG Network. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  26. ^ "AOL Buys Singingfish, Rolls Out More Search Changes". Search Engine Watch. 2003-11-19. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  27. ^ "AOL Buying Advertising.com". The Washington Post. 2004-06-24. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  28. ^ "America Online, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Mailblocks, Inc". AOL. 2004-08-03. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  29. ^ "America Online, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Xdrive, Inc". AOL. 2005-08-03. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  30. ^ "America Online, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Wildseed, Ltd". AOL. 2005-08-07. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  31. ^ "Post This: America Online Acquires Weblogs, Inc". AOL. 2005-10-05. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  32. ^ "AOL Announces Acquisition of MusicNow". AOL. 2005-11-03. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  33. ^ "AOL Acquires Truveo, Inc.; AOL Extends Leadership in Video Search..." AOL. 2006-01-10. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  34. ^ "AOL LLC Acquires Lightningcast, Inc". AOL. 2006-05-17. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  35. ^ "AOL Acquires Userplane". AOL. 2006-08-13. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  36. ^ "AOL acquires GameDaily". CNET. 2006-08-16. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  37. ^ "AOL Acquires Relegence Corporation". AOL. 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  38. ^ "AOL Acquires Third Screen Media". AOL. 2007-05-14. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  39. ^ "AOL Acquires ADTECH AG". AOL. 2007-05-15. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  40. ^ "AOL Enters into Agreement to Acquire Behavioral Targeting Firm TACODA". AOL. 2007-07-23. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  41. ^ "AOL Enters Into Agreement To Acquire Quigo, A Leading Site and Content-Targeted Advertising Firm". 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2008-04-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |publiisher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help)
  42. ^ "AOL Acquires buy.at Affiliate Network". AOL. 2008-02-05. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  43. ^ "AOL To Acquire Global Social Media Network Bebo". AOL. 2008-03-13. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  44. ^ "AOL Acquires Sphere". AOL. 2008-04-14. Retrieved 2008-04-15.

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