Ask Jeeves acquires Excite Europe for $6.1 million

Posted on Saturday, May 21 2005 @ 15:45 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Ask Jeeves has bought search engine Excite Europe from internet provider Tiscali for $6.1 million.

The acquisition of Excite Europe extends Ask Jeeves' ownership of the Excite brand beyond the US including Spain, Italy, France, UK, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. Ask Jeeves acquired the US bit of Excite.com in March 2004.

More info at The Register

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