Excite Information

Excite was the idea of six young Stanford University graduates who created a software tool to manage access to the vast amount of information available on the web. By October 1995 the Excite suite of services was launched and less than a year later the company was made public. In May 1997 Excite became one of the first search engines to address the need for locally relevant Web searching by launching its European Network. At the vanguard of this move was Excite UK which delivers information tailored to the needs of UK 'net users.Excite@Home is a global media company focused on combining leading brand and media with powerful distribution. The company is the result of a merger between Excite, Inc. and @Home Network in January, 1999 - at the time, the largest Internet company merger ever. The merger, which officially closed on May 28, 1999 involved two leading US brands.