Angelfire
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Angelfire.com
) A screenshot of Angelfire | |
Type of site | Paid web hosting service |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lycos |
| URL | www.angelfire.lycos.com |
| Commercial | No |
| Launched | 1996 |
Angelfire is an
Tripod.com. Angelfire operates separately from Tripod.com and includes features such as blog
building and a photo gallery builder. Free webpages are no longer available to new registrants and have been replaced by paid services.
History
Angelfire was founded in 1996 and was originally a combination Web site building and medical transcription service.[1][2] Eventually the site dropped the transcription service and focused solely on website hosting, offering only paid memberships.[2] The site was bought by Mountain View, California–based WhoWhere on October 20, 1997,[3] which, in turn, was subsequently purchased by the search engine company Lycos on August 11, 1998, for US$133 million.[4] [5]
See also
References
- ^ Jolly, Jennifer. "TECH NOW: How to make your own website for free". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- ^ a b "About Angelfire". Angelfire. Archived from the original on November 22, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ "WhoWhere? to Acquire Angelfire Communications". Angelfire. 1997-10-20. Archived from the original on 1997-12-11.
- ^ "Lycos buys WhoWhere?". CNN. 1998-08-11. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
- ^ Leadem, Rose (2016-08-04). "15 Internet Relics We Miss (and Some We Don't)". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2023-02-04.