ShopWiki
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ShopWiki is an Internet shopping search engine
founded in 2005 and launched in early 2006. It was founded by the former DoubleClick
CEO Kevin P. Ryan
, the former CTO and DoubleClick co-founder Dwight Merriman
and Eliot Horowitz. Their primary distinguisher is crawling the internet for stores instead of using data feeds from merchants. In 2006 they received 6.2m in venture funding from Generation Partners.
In January 2011, ShopWiki was acquired by Oversee.net.
Search engine
A search engine is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system. The search results are usually presented in a list and are commonly called hits. Search engines help to minimize the time required to find information and the amount of information...
founded in 2005 and launched in early 2006. It was founded by the former DoubleClick
DoubleClick
DoubleClick is a subsidiary of Google that develops and provides Internet ad serving services. Its clients include agencies, marketers and publishers who serve customers like Microsoft, General Motors, Coca-Cola, Motorola, L'Oréal, Palm, Inc., Apple Inc., Visa USA, Nike, Carlsberg among others...
CEO Kevin P. Ryan
Kevin P. Ryan
Kevin P. Ryan is an Internet executive and entrepreneur in New York City's Silicon Alley. He serves as the Founder and CEO of Gilt Groupe and prior to November 2010, he was the company's Executive Chairman....
, the former CTO and DoubleClick co-founder Dwight Merriman
Dwight Merriman
Dwight Merriman is an Internet executive and entrepreneur in New York City's Silicon Alley. Best known for having co-founding DoubleClick together with Kevin O'Connor and serving as its CTO for 10 years, Merriman currently serves as the Founder and CEO of 10gen .DoubleClick was sold in 2005 for...
and Eliot Horowitz. Their primary distinguisher is crawling the internet for stores instead of using data feeds from merchants. In 2006 they received 6.2m in venture funding from Generation Partners.
In January 2011, ShopWiki was acquired by Oversee.net.