<s>
Seznam.cz	B-Application
(	O
or	O
Seznam	B-Application
,	O
list	O
in	O
Czech	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
web	O
portal	O
and	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
in	O
the	O
Czech	O
Republic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seznam	B-Application
started	O
with	O
a	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
and	O
an	O
internet	O
version	O
of	O
yellow	B-Operating_System
pages	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
,	O
Seznam	B-Application
runs	O
almost	O
30	O
different	O
web	O
services	O
and	O
associated	O
brands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seznam	B-Application
had	O
more	O
than	O
6	O
million	O
real	O
users	O
per	O
month	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
services	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
NetMonitor	O
,	O
are	O
its	O
homepage	O
seznam.cz,	O
email.cz,	O
search.seznam.cz	O
and	O
its	O
yellow	B-Operating_System
pages	I-Operating_System
firmy.cz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
Seznam.cz	B-Application
was	O
the	O
most	O
used	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
in	O
the	O
Czech	O
Republic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
May	O
2012	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Toplist	O
results	O
,	O
Seznam	B-Application
was	O
the	O
second	O
internet	B-Application
search	I-Application
engine	I-Application
in	O
the	O
Czech	O
Republic	O
(	O
42.84	O
%	O
)	O
with	O
Google	O
in	O
the	O
top	O
spot	O
(	O
54.69	O
%	O
)	O
..	O
By	O
August	O
2014	O
,	O
still	O
according	O
to	O
Toplist	O
's	O
statistics	O
,	O
Seznam	B-Application
's	O
share	O
of	O
searches	O
had	O
further	O
eroded	O
to	O
38%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
2011	O
and	O
2012	O
,	O
Seznam	B-Application
Czech	O
rhyme	O
;	O
Seznam	B-Application
-	O
najdu	O
tam	O
,	O
co	O
hledám	O
(	O
Seznam	B-Application
-	O
I	O
find	O
there	O
,	O
what	O
I	O
search	O
for	O
)	O
as	O
its	O
slogan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
former	O
( &	O
current	O
)	O
slogan	O
is	O
Seznam	B-Application
-	O
najdu	O
tam	O
,	O
co	O
neznám	O
(	O
Seznam	B-Application
-	O
I	O
find	O
there	O
,	O
what	O
I	O
do	O
n't	O
know	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founded	O
by	O
Ivo	O
Lukačovič	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
Seznam	B-Application
began	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
internet	O
yellow	B-Operating_System
pages	I-Operating_System
and	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
in	O
the	O
Czech	O
Republic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
Seznam	B-Application
added	O
email	O
to	O
its	O
portfolio	O
,	O
with	O
email	O
accounts	O
running	O
on	O
the	O
@seznam	O
.cz	O
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2001	O
,	O
Seznam	B-Application
has	O
included	O
financial	O
,	O
social	O
and	O
political	O
news	O
,	O
TV	O
programs	O
,	O
weather	O
forecasts	O
,	O
dictionaries	O
,	O
maps	O
and	O
community	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
,	O
Spray	O
International	O
,	O
a	O
Swedish	O
web	O
portal	O
company	O
,	O
invested	O
in	O
Seznam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
time	O
Seznam	B-Application
became	O
a	O
joint	O
stock	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
2000	O
,	O
Ivo	O
Lukačovič	O
was	O
self-employed	O
and	O
Seznam	B-Application
was	O
his	O
own	O
sole	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
investment	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
estimated	O
that	O
Spray	O
International	O
acquired	O
around	O
30%	O
share	O
of	O
Seznam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exact	O
numbers	O
are	O
not	O
known	O
,	O
as	O
Lukačovič	O
and	O
Seznam	B-Application
officials	O
have	O
never	O
released	O
any	O
details	O
about	O
the	O
transaction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
What	O
has	O
been	O
confirmed	O
,	O
though	O
,	O
is	O
that	O
Ivo	O
Lukačovič	O
retained	O
at	O
least	O
70%	O
of	O
Seznam	B-Application
stock	O
after	O
the	O
investment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spray	O
acquired	O
a	O
stake	O
in	O
Seznam	B-Application
with	O
the	O
intention	O
of	O
making	O
an	O
IPO	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
Spray	O
never	O
reached	O
that	O
goal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
Ivo	O
Lukačovič	O
increased	O
the	O
base	O
capital	O
of	O
Seznam	B-Application
without	O
Spray	O
and	O
became	O
70%	O
owner	O
of	O
Seznam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2003	O
,	O
Ivo	O
Lukačovič	O
has	O
remained	O
the	O
controlling	O
shareholder	O
of	O
Seznam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
2003	O
,	O
Seznam	B-Application
had	O
been	O
using	O
a	O
fulltext	O
engine	O
from	O
the	O
Czech	O
company	O
Jyxo	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
Seznam	B-Application
replaced	O
that	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
with	O
its	O
own	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
Seznam	B-Application
acquired	O
the	O
Czech	O
firm	O
ATC	O
which	O
was	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
ventures	O
,	O
running	O
the	O
email	O
server	O
Email.cz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Email	O
services	O
Email.cz	O
and	O
Seznam.cz	B-Application
have	O
now	O
merged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Seznam	B-Application
moved	O
its	O
headquarters	O
from	O
Prague	O
Košíře	O
to	O
a	O
more	O
prominent	O
location	O
in	O
the	O
Prague	O
Anděl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
year	O
,	O
Ivo	O
Lukačovič	O
gave	O
up	O
the	O
day-to-day	O
business	O
direction	O
of	O
Seznam	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Pavel	O
Zima	O
became	O
CEO	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Fall	O
of	O
2006	O
,	O
Seznam	B-Application
acquired	O
all	O
email	O
users	O
from	O
another	O
web	O
portal	O
,	O
"	O
Czech	O
On	O
Line	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
domain	O
@post	O
.cz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seznam	B-Application
bought	O
50%	O
of	O
Global	O
Inspiration	O
,	O
a	O
Czech	O
company	O
running	O
a	O
video	O
portal	O
Stream.cz,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
global	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lycos	O
Europe	O
(	O
a	O
subsequent	O
incarnation	O
of	O
Spray	O
International	O
)	O
sold	O
its	O
30%	O
share	O
in	O
Seznam	B-Application
to	O
Tiger	O
Holding	O
and	O
Miura	O
International	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
Czech	O
media	O
reported	O
on	O
alleged	O
meetings	O
between	O
Seznam	B-Application
and	O
Goldman	O
Sachs	O
representatives	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
buyer	O
for	O
Seznam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ivo	O
Lukačovič	O
and	O
Seznam	B-Application
representatives	O
denied	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EU	O
believes	O
Google	O
overtook	O
Seznam.cz	B-Application
around	O
2011	O
in	O
the	O
Czech	O
Republic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
data	O
from	O
ad	O
marketing	O
agency	O
eVisions	O
,	O
Seznam	B-Application
still	O
held	O
a	O
majority	O
share	O
of	O
the	O
Czech	O
search	B-Application
market	I-Application
at	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
2014	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
Google	O
pulled	O
ahead	O
in	O
the	O
second	O
half	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	O
's	O
share	O
of	O
search	O
on	O
the	O
Czech	O
internet	O
at	O
74%	O
as	O
of	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2018	O
,	O
while	O
Seznam	B-Application
's	O
share	O
at	O
26%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2016	O
,	O
Seznam.cz	B-Application
is	O
operating	O
its	O
own	O
internet	O
news	O
Seznam	B-Application
Zprávy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2018	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
broadcasting	O
its	O
own	O
television	O
Televize	O
Seznam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seznam	B-Application
uses	O
its	O
own	O
ranking	O
scale	O
for	O
web	O
pages	O
,	O
called	O
S-Rank	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
similar	O
to	O
PageRank	B-Algorithm
with	O
a	O
range	O
from	O
0	O
to	O
10	O
.	O
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