Infospace provides metasearch and private-label Internet search services for consumers and businesses. InfoSpace's flagship metasearch site is Dogpile; its other consumer brands are WebCrawler, Nation, DoGreatGood and MetaCrawler. InfoSpace was founded in March 1996 by Naveen Jain after he left Microsoft. He served as CEO until 2000. The company, which started with six employees, built an online yellow pages service to be funded through advertising. A set of simple chat rooms were also available on the site. InfoSpace went public on December 15, 1998. The company raised $75 million in the... offering. In July 2000, InfoSpace acquired Go2Net. After the merger, Go2Net CEO Russell Horowitz became president of Infospace. Also, in 2000, InfoSpace used a controversial accounting method to report $46 million in profits when in fact it had lost $282 million. Company executives skirted SEC trading restrictions to sell large blocks of their personal stock. Jain resumed the role of CEO in 2001, but was forced out by InfoSpace's board as chairman and CEO in December 2002.
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| NASDAQ symbol: | INSP |
| Founded: | March 1996 |
| Headquarters: | Bellevue, Washington |
| Annual revenue: | $156,730,000 |
| Net income: | $-18,700,000 |
| Operating income: | $17,600,000 |
| Market cap: | $620,000,000 |
| Industries: | Computer Processing and Data Preparation and Processing Services |