<s>
Excite	B-Application
is	O
an	O
American	O
web	O
portal	O
operated	O
by	O
IAC	O
that	O
provides	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
outsourced	O
content	O
including	O
news	O
and	O
weather	O
,	O
a	O
metasearch	B-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
user	O
homepage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
Excite	B-Application
homepage	O
had	O
long	O
been	O
a	O
personal	O
start	O
page	O
called	O
My	B-Application
Excite	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excite	B-Application
once	O
operated	O
a	O
webmail	B-Protocol
service	O
commonly	O
known	O
as	O
Excite	B-Application
Mail	O
until	O
August	O
31	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Excite	B-Application
company	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1994	O
and	O
went	O
public	O
two	O
years	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excite	B-Application
was	O
once	O
a	O
popular	O
site	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
during	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
main	O
portal	O
site	O
Excite.com	B-Application
being	O
the	O
sixth	O
most	O
visited	O
website	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excite	B-Application
's	O
portal	O
and	O
services	O
were	O
acquired	O
by	O
iWon	B-Application
and	O
then	O
by	O
Ask	B-Application
Jeeves	I-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
website	O
went	O
into	O
a	O
steep	O
decline	O
in	O
popularity	O
afterwards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excite	B-Application
originally	O
started	O
as	O
Architext	O
in	O
June	O
1993	O
at	O
a	O
garage	O
in	O
Cupertino	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
created	O
by	O
Graham	O
Spencer	O
,	O
Joe	O
Kraus	O
,	O
Mark	O
VanHaren	O
,	O
Ryan	O
McIntyre	O
,	O
Ben	O
Lutch	O
and	O
Martin	O
Reinfried	O
,	O
who	O
were	O
all	O
students	O
at	O
Stanford	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
thereafter	O
,	O
Geoff	O
Yang	O
,	O
of	O
Institutional	O
Venture	O
Partners	O
,	O
introduced	O
an	O
additional	O
US	O
$1.5	O
million	O
in	O
financing	O
and	O
Excite	B-Application
was	O
formally	O
launched	O
in	O
October	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
1996	O
,	O
George	O
Bell	O
joined	O
Excite	B-Application
as	O
its	O
chief	O
executive	O
officer	O
(	O
CEO	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excite	B-Application
also	O
purchased	O
two	O
search	O
engines	O
(	O
Magellan	B-Application
and	O
WebCrawler	B-Application
)	O
and	O
signed	O
exclusive	O
distribution	O
agreements	O
with	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
,	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
Apple	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
other	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jim	O
Bellows	O
,	O
then	O
72	O
,	O
was	O
hired	O
by	O
Excite	B-Application
in	O
1994	O
to	O
figure	O
out	O
how	O
to	O
present	O
the	O
content	O
in	O
a	O
journalistic	O
manner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excite	B-Application
's	O
original	O
website	O
design	O
was	O
mostly	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
orange	O
color	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
4	O
,	O
1996	O
,	O
Excite	B-Application
went	O
public	O
with	O
an	O
initial	O
offering	O
of	O
two	O
million	O
shares	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excite	B-Application
's	O
six	O
founders	O
became	O
millionaires	O
after	O
the	O
offering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
1996	O
,	O
America	O
Online	O
(	O
AOL	O
)	O
agreed	O
to	O
make	O
Excite	B-Application
its	O
exclusive	O
search	O
and	O
directory	O
service	O
,	O
in	O
return	O
of	O
a	O
larger	O
20	O
percent	O
share	O
in	O
Excite	B-Application
and	O
sale	O
of	O
WebCrawler	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
1997	O
,	O
Intuit	O
,	O
maker	O
of	O
Quicken	B-Application
and	O
TurboTax	B-Application
,	O
purchased	O
a	O
19%	O
stake	O
in	O
Excite	B-Application
and	O
finalised	O
a	O
seven-year	O
partnership	O
deal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
16	O
,	O
1997	O
,	O
Excite	B-Application
purchased	O
Netbot	O
,	O
a	O
comparison	O
shopping	O
agent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
Intuit	O
announced	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
Excite	B-Application
Business	O
&	O
Investing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
1998	O
,	O
Excite	B-Application
reported	O
a	O
net	O
loss	O
of	O
approximately	O
$30.2	O
million	O
and	O
according	O
to	O
its	O
first	O
quarter	O
report	O
it	O
had	O
only	O
enough	O
available	O
capital	O
to	O
meet	O
obligations	O
through	O
December	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Content	O
from	O
Excite	B-Application
's	O
portal	O
was	O
collated	O
from	O
over	O
100	O
different	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excite	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
portal	O
to	O
start	O
offering	O
free	B-Protocol
e-mail	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
this	O
step	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
rivals	O
Yahoo	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
Lycos	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
November	O
1997	O
press	O
release	O
showed	O
that	O
there	O
were	O
about	O
11.8million	O
unique	O
visitors	O
to	O
the	O
Excite	B-Application
"	O
network	O
"	O
during	O
a	O
28-day	O
period	O
from	O
September	O
to	O
October	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
was	O
in	O
negotiations	O
to	O
purchase	O
Excite	B-Application
for	O
$5.5	O
billion	O
to	O
$6billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
prompted	O
by	O
Kleiner	O
Perkins	O
,	O
@Home	O
Network	O
's	O
chairman	O
and	O
CEO	O
,	O
Thomas	O
Jermoluk	O
met	O
with	O
Excite	B-Application
's	O
chairman	O
and	O
CEO	O
George	O
Bell	O
on	O
December	O
19	O
,	O
and	O
Excite	B-Application
was	O
subsequently	O
acquired	O
by	O
@Home	O
Network	O
,	O
on	O
January	O
19	O
,	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
Excite	B-Application
was	O
the	O
sixth	O
largest	O
Internet	O
portal	O
by	O
traffic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
one	O
point	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
was	O
also	O
interested	O
in	O
Excite	B-Application
,	O
and	O
had	O
plans	O
to	O
merge	O
it	O
into	O
its	O
own	O
MSN	B-Protocol
portal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Steven	O
Levy	O
in	O
his	O
book	O
In	O
The	O
Plex	O
,	O
in	O
early	O
1997	O
two	O
graduate	O
students	O
at	O
Stanford	O
University	O
,	O
Sergey	O
Brin	O
and	O
Larry	O
Page	O
,	O
decided	O
that	O
BackRub	B-Application
,	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
their	O
research	O
project	O
that	O
later	O
became	O
the	O
search	O
engine	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
was	O
taking	O
up	O
time	O
they	O
should	O
have	O
been	O
using	O
to	O
study	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
went	O
to	O
Bell	O
and	O
offered	O
it	O
to	O
him	O
for	O
$1million	O
,	O
but	O
Bell	O
rejected	O
the	O
offer	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
threw	O
Vinod	O
Khosla	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
Excite	B-Application
's	O
venture	O
capitalists	O
,	O
out	O
of	O
his	O
office	O
after	O
he	O
had	O
negotiated	O
Brin	O
and	O
Page	O
down	O
to	O
$	O
750,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
2014	O
podcast	O
and	O
later	O
again	O
to	O
CNBC	O
,	O
then-CEO	O
of	O
Excite	B-Application
,	O
George	O
Bell	O
,	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
deal	O
fell	O
apart	O
because	O
Larry	O
Page	O
wanted	O
Excite	B-Application
's	O
search	O
technologies	O
to	O
be	O
replaced	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
's	O
,	O
to	O
which	O
Bell	O
did	O
not	O
agree	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
US	O
$6.7	O
billion	O
merger	O
of	O
Excite	B-Application
and	O
@Home	O
Network	O
in	O
1999	O
(	O
equivalent	O
to	O
$billion	O
in	O
)	O
became	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
largest	O
mergers	O
of	O
two	O
Internet	O
companies	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Home	O
's	O
high-speed	O
Internet	O
services	O
and	O
existing	O
portal	O
were	O
combined	O
with	O
Excite	B-Application
's	O
search	O
engine	O
and	O
portal	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
move	O
towards	O
personalised	O
web	O
portal	O
content	O
following	O
the	O
merger	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
company	O
was	O
named	O
"	O
Excite	B-Application
@Home	O
"	O
(	O
the	O
stock	O
symbol	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
name	O
in	O
regulatory	O
filing	O
records	O
remained	O
as	O
"	O
At	O
Home	O
Corporation	O
"	O
(	O
ATHM	O
)	O
)	O
and	O
,	O
six	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
merger	O
,	O
Tom	O
Jermoluk	O
stepped	O
down	O
as	O
CEO	O
of	O
Excite	B-Application
@Home	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excite	B-Application
's	O
George	O
Bell	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
the	O
president	O
of	O
the	O
Excite	B-Application
division	O
of	O
@Home	O
after	O
the	O
merger	O
,	O
became	O
the	O
new	O
CEO	O
of	O
the	O
combined	O
Excite	B-Application
@Home	O
,	O
whilst	O
Jermoluk	O
remained	O
the	O
chairman	O
of	O
the	O
board	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
merger	O
,	O
the	O
Excite	B-Application
division	O
purchased	O
iMall	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
online	O
greeting	O
card	O
company	O
,	O
Blue	O
Mountain	O
Arts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excite	B-Application
also	O
acquired	O
photo	B-Algorithm
sharing	I-Algorithm
company	O
Webshots	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excite	B-Application
furthermore	O
paid	O
for	O
sponsorship	O
of	O
Infiniti	O
Indy	B-Application
car	I-Application
driver	O
Eddie	O
Cheever	O
,	O
Jr.	O
,	O
through	O
the	O
2000	O
and	O
2001	O
racing	O
seasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
merger	O
between	O
Excite	B-Application
and	O
@Home	O
fell	O
disastrously	O
short	O
of	O
expectations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
23	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
Excite	B-Application
@Home	O
announced	O
Patti	O
S	O
.	O
Hart	O
,	O
the	O
former	O
CEO	O
of	O
Telocity	O
,	O
would	O
become	O
its	O
third	O
CEO	O
in	O
three	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
search	O
engine	O
Magellan	B-Application
,	O
which	O
Excite	B-Application
had	O
purchased	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
was	O
closed	O
down	O
in	O
May	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
11	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
Excite	B-Application
@Home	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
raised	O
$100million	O
in	O
financing	O
from	O
Promethean	O
Capital	O
Management	O
and	O
Angelo	O
Gordon	O
&	O
Co	O
.	O
Part	O
of	O
the	O
deal	O
was	O
that	O
the	O
loan	O
was	O
repayable	O
immediately	O
if	O
Excite	B-Application
@Home	O
stock	O
was	O
delisted	O
by	O
NASDAQ	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
loan	O
,	O
structured	O
as	O
a	O
note	O
convertible	O
into	O
shares	O
of	O
Excite	B-Application
,	O
had	O
an	O
interest	O
rate	O
of	O
zero	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
August	O
20	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
Excite	B-Application
@Home	O
had	O
replaced	O
its	O
auditors	O
Ernst	O
&	O
Young	O
with	O
PricewaterhouseCoopers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
Cox	O
Cable	O
and	O
Comcast	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
separate	O
from	O
Excite	B-Application
@Home	O
by	O
the	O
first	O
quarter	O
of	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
13	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
Excite	B-Application
@Home	O
sold	O
Blue	O
Mountain	O
Arts	O
to	O
American	O
Greetings	O
for	O
less	O
than	O
5%	O
of	O
what	O
it	O
had	O
paid	O
less	O
than	O
two	O
years	O
earlier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
1	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
Excite	B-Application
@Home	O
filed	O
for	O
Chapter	O
11	O
bankruptcy	O
protection	O
with	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Bankruptcy	O
Court	O
for	O
the	O
Northern	O
District	O
of	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
@Home	O
Liquidating	O
Trust	O
became	O
the	O
successor	O
company	O
to	O
Excite	B-Application
@Home	O
,	O
charged	O
with	O
the	O
sale	O
of	O
all	O
assets	O
of	O
the	O
former	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2001	O
,	O
the	O
Webshots	B-Algorithm
assets	O
were	O
purchased	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
founders	O
for	O
$2.4	O
million	O
in	O
cash	O
from	O
the	O
Bankruptcy	O
Court	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
financial	O
problems	O
,	O
the	O
Excite	B-Application
network	O
of	O
sites	O
continued	O
to	O
draw	O
many	O
visitors	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
,	O
albeit	O
behind	O
AOL	O
Time	O
Warner	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
Yahoo	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
collapse	O
of	O
Excite	B-Application
@Home	O
,	O
iWon	B-Application
,	O
an	O
Irvington	O
,	O
New	O
York	O
–	O
based	O
venture	O
,	O
had	O
surreptitiously	O
commenced	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
Excite	B-Application
website	O
;	O
iWon	B-Application
planned	O
to	O
acquire	O
the	O
Excite.com	B-Application
domain	O
name	O
and	O
brand	O
in	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
the	O
bankruptcy	O
proceedings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iWon	B-Application
eventually	O
made	O
a	O
joint	O
bid	O
with	O
Seattle	O
's	O
InfoSpace	O
to	O
purchase	O
the	O
domain	O
name	O
and	O
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
28	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
the	O
court	O
accepted	O
the	O
bid	O
and	O
gave	O
iWon	B-Application
less	O
than	O
three	O
weeks	O
to	O
launch	O
a	O
new	O
Excite	B-Application
portal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bill	O
Daugherty	O
,	O
iWon	B-Application
's	O
founder	O
and	O
co-chief	O
executive	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
told	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
,	O
"	O
I	O
feel	O
like	O
a	O
guy	O
who	O
lived	O
through	O
a	O
hurricane	O
,	O
got	O
pounded	O
and	O
pounded	O
and	O
managed	O
to	O
survive	O
when	O
everyone	O
else	O
was	O
destroyed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
's	O
what	O
Excite	B-Application
is	O
to	O
us.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
16	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
iWon	B-Application
launched	O
the	O
new	O
Excite	B-Application
portal	O
and	O
transferred	O
millions	O
of	O
Excite	B-Application
users	O
to	O
its	O
new	O
home	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iWon	B-Application
changed	O
its	O
corporate	O
name	O
to	O
Excite	B-Application
Network	O
,	O
and	O
continued	O
to	O
operate	O
Excite	B-Application
,	O
iWon	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
third	O
portal	O
,	O
MyWay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Outside	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Excite	B-Application
Italia	I-Application
took	O
control	O
of	O
portals	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
Spain	O
,	O
France	O
,	O
Italy	O
,	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
,	O
Poland	O
,	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
Austria	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
InfoSpace	O
,	O
for	O
its	O
part	O
,	O
owned	O
and	O
operated	O
the	O
web	O
search	O
function	O
on	O
Excite	B-Application
,	O
with	O
Excite	B-Application
's	O
own	O
database	O
now	O
depreciated	O
and	O
instead	O
using	O
Overture	B-Application
and	O
Inktomi	B-Application
search	O
results	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
DMOZ	B-Application
(	O
Open	O
Directory	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
directory	O
and	O
Dogpile	B-Application
metasearch	B-Application
for	O
news	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excite	B-Application
continued	O
to	O
operate	O
until	O
the	O
Excite	B-Application
Network	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Ask	B-Application
Jeeves	I-Application
(	O
now	O
Ask.com	B-Application
)	O
in	O
March	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ask	B-Application
Jeeves	I-Application
promised	O
to	O
rejuvenate	O
iWon	B-Application
and	O
Excite	B-Application
,	O
but	O
was	O
not	O
able	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ask	B-Application
Jeeves	I-Application
management	O
became	O
distracted	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
East	O
Bay	O
Business	O
Times	O
,	O
first	O
by	O
a	O
search	O
feature	O
arms	O
race	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
and	O
Yahoo	O
!,	O
and	O
then	O
by	O
its	O
merger	O
with	O
Barry	O
Diller	O
's	O
IAC/InterActiveCorp	O
,	O
announced	O
in	O
March	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Hopefully	O
,	O
as	O
we	O
start	O
to	O
invest	O
more	O
and	O
get	O
the	O
staff	O
in	O
place	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
portal	O
properties	O
that	O
we	O
want	O
,	O
we	O
hope	O
to	O
see	O
(	O
revenue	O
)	O
grow	O
back	O
in	O
the	O
latter	O
half	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
,	O
"	O
said	O
Ask	B-Application
Jeeves	I-Application
CEO	O
Steve	O
Berkowitz	O
during	O
a	O
conference	O
call	O
with	O
analysts	O
on	O
April	O
27	O
,	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
20	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
Ask	B-Application
Jeeves	I-Application
made	O
two	O
announcements	O
regarding	O
the	O
rejuvenation	O
of	O
the	O
Excite	B-Application
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
first	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
acquired	O
Excite	B-Application
Italia	I-Application
B.V.	O
(	O
the	O
operator	O
of	O
the	O
Excite	B-Application
portals	O
in	O
Europe	O
)	O
,	O
from	O
Tiscali	O
,	O
S.p.A.	O
;	O
and	O
,	O
secondly	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
reported	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
reached	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
settlement	O
with	O
InfoSpace	O
regarding	O
Excite	B-Application
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
whereby	O
Ask	B-Application
Jeeves	I-Application
and	O
InfoSpace	O
would	O
share	O
marketing	O
costs	O
and	O
revenue	O
from	O
the	O
Excite	B-Application
web	O
search	O
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Regarding	O
the	O
acquisition	O
,	O
Ask	B-Application
Jeeves	I-Application
CEO	O
,	O
Steve	O
Berkowitz	O
,	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
We	O
look	O
forward	O
to	O
working	O
with	O
InfoSpace	O
to	O
enhance	O
the	O
search	O
experience	O
on	O
Excite	B-Application
,	O
now	O
that	O
our	O
interests	O
are	O
aligned.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
17	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
GOADV	O
,	O
a	O
media	O
company	O
specialising	O
in	O
the	O
generation	O
of	O
Internet	O
"	O
traffic	O
"	O
,	O
announced	O
the	O
completion	O
of	O
its	O
acquisition	O
of	O
the	O
European	O
Excite	B-Application
group	O
of	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excite	B-Application
has	O
never	O
managed	O
to	O
recover	O
back	O
to	O
its	O
heyday	O
popularity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excite	B-Application
Japan	I-Application
,	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Tokyo	O
,	O
was	O
founded	O
on	O
August	O
4	O
,	O
1997	O
in	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Itochu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Home	O
's	O
collapse	O
,	O
Itochu	O
became	O
majority	O
shareholder	O
of	O
Excite	B-Application
Japan	I-Application
(	O
90	O
percent	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excite	B-Application
ended	O
support	O
for	O
their	O
webmail	B-Protocol
service	O
on	O
August	O
31	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
bid	O
to	O
compete	O
against	O
Internet	O
Service	O
Providers	O
like	O
NetZero	O
and	O
Juno	O
Online	O
,	O
which	O
offered	O
free	O
or	O
low-cost	O
dial-up	O
access	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Excite	B-Application
started	O
offering	O
its	O
own	O
"	O
no-pay	O
"	O
service	O
for	O
private	O
customers	O
by	O
partnering	O
with	O
1stUp.com	O
to	O
create	O
FreeLane	O
by	O
Excite	B-Application
:	O
1stUp	O
would	O
allow	O
Excite	B-Application
customers	O
to	O
download	O
software	O
in	O
order	O
for	O
them	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
log-on	O
to	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1stUp.com	O
soon	O
went	O
out	O
of	O
business	O
,	O
and	O
Excite	B-Application
switched	O
to	O
another	O
partner	O
named	O
WorldShare	O
,	O
rebranding	O
FreeLane	O
as	O
FreeLane	O
version	O
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ticketsmate	O
,	O
in	O
partnership	O
with	O
Excite	B-Application
,	O
sells	O
tickets	O
to	O
customers	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
powerful	O
search	O
engine	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
Excite	B-Application
server	O
are	O
used	O
on	O
this	O
website	O
to	O
help	O
the	O
user	O
search	O
for	O
tickets	O
and	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excite	B-Application
also	O
has	O
an	O
education	O
portal	O
called	O
HigherEdu.com	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
people	O
to	O
search	O
for	O
and	O
apply	O
for	O
different	O
degrees	O
and	O
online	O
courses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
portal	O
was	O
originally	O
called	O
Excite	B-Application
Education	O
and	O
it	O
once	O
featured	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
thousands	O
of	O
educational	O
institutes	O
across	O
America	O
for	O
prospective	O
students	O
to	O
browse	O
through	O
and	O
apply	O
at	O
but	O
now	O
features	O
a	O
much	O
smaller	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
popularity	O
of	O
HigherEdu.com	O
has	O
declined	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
main	O
Excite	B-Application
portal	O
.	O
</s>
