Infoseek SideWinder/2.0B

Brand new variant?

[pendanticist]

Not only is Infoseek alive, it now has a new bot...

210.148.160.*** - - [17/Jan/2004:00:06:06 -0800] "GET /Blah_Blah.html HTTP/1.0" 200 13835 "-" "Infoseek SideWinder/2.0B (Linux 2.4 i686)"

[apnic.net...]

says that IP Number...

inetnum: 210.144.0.0 - 210.159.255.255
netname: JPNIC-NET-JP
descr: Japan Network Information Center
country: JP
admin-c: JNIC1-AP
tech-c: JNIC1-AP
remarks: JPNIC Allocation Block
remarks: Authoritative information regarding assignments and
remarks: allocations made from within this block can also be
remarks: queried at whois.nic.ad.jp. To obtain an English
remarks: output query whois -h whois.nic.ad.jp x.x.x.x/e
mnt-by: MAINT-JPNIC
changed: apnic-ftp'at'nic.ad.jp 19991208
status: ALLOCATED PORTABLE
source: APNIC

role: Japan Network Information Center
address: Kokusai-Kougyou-Kanda Bldg 6F, 2-3-4 Uchi-Kanda
address: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0047, Japan
country: JP
phone: [phone]
fax-no: [phone]
e-mail: [e-mail]
admin-c: SS13-AP
tech-c: SY7-AP
nic-hdl: JNIC1-AP
mnt-by: MAINT-JPNIC
changed: apnic-ftp'at'nic.ad.jp 19990629
changed: ip-staff'at'nic.ad.jp 20030806
source: APNIC

inetnum: 210.148.160.0 - 210.148.160.255
netname: INFOSEEK
descr: Infoseek Japan, K.K.
country: JP
admin-c: NI1788JP
tech-c: TI6756JP
remarks: This information has been partially mirrored by APNIC from
remarks: JPNIC. To obtain more specific information, please use the
remarks: JPNIC whois server at whois.nic.ad.jp. (This defaults to
remarks: Japanese output, use the /e switch for English output)
changed: apnic-ftp'at'nic.ad.jp 20030618
remarks: This information has been partially mirrored by APNIC from
remarks: JPNIC. To obtain more specific information, please use the
remarks: JPNIC whois server at whois.nic.ad.jp. (This defaults to
remarks: Japanese output, use the /e switch for English output)
changed: apnic-ftp'at'nic.ad.jp 20040107
source: JPNIC

[Bobby_Davro]

Who owns Infoseek at the moment?

[pendanticist]

Just found this:

[webmasterworld.com...]

Don't know how dated it is.

[Bobby_Davro]

According to the copyright notice at the bottom it is Buena Vista who owns it, which in turn is part of the Disney family I believe. Are we seeing a new entrant into the search engine wars?

[jimbeetle]

Are we seeing a new entrant into the search engine wars?

Going by the past <ahem>successes</ahem> of Disney and its Internet properties I'm not going to seriously keep it on my radar.

Besides marketing probs the site designs have always been pretty Mickey Mouse stuff (slow loading pages, side scrolls, Flash 7 required for the disney.com site). I always expect more of the folks from Burbank, get less.

[jeremy goodrich]

Infoseek is still very active (or was?) in Japan, if memory serves correctly.

In the USA, it's dead as the dodo