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HotBot

HotBot is a Canadian web search engine owned by HotBot Limited, whose key principal is Kristen Richardson. The search engine was initially launched in North America in 1996 by Wired magazine. During the 1990s, it was one of the most popular search engines on the World Wide Web. The domain was sold in 2016 and was used for other unrelated purposes for…

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Owner
HotBot Limited
Available in
English
Commercial
Yes
Current status
Working
Launched
May 27, 1996; 30 years ago (1996-05-27)
Type of site
Search engine

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Sale of domain name

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HotBot

Nodes29
Edges28
Triples30
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.068966
Components1

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HotBot

Top relations

related to history · 18
HotBot → AltaVista, Berkeley, California, Direct Hit Technologies, Directory, DMOZ, February, HotWired, Inktomi, Inktomi's Smart Crawl, Its, LookSmart, March, May, The, University, Web, Wired
related to Sale of domain name · 4
HotBot → Afterwards, In April, In October, Lycos
Available in · 1
HotBot → English
Commercial · 1
HotBot → Yes
Current status · 1
HotBot → Working
Launched · 1
HotBot → May 27, 1996; 30 years ago (1996-05-27)
Owner · 1
HotBot → HotBot Limited
Type of site · 1
HotBot → Search engine
URL · 1
HotBot → www.hotbot.com
is a · 1
HotBot → Canadian web search engine owned by HotBot Limited

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Important terminology

search engine lycos web domain launched wired inktomi results new limited website also 1996 unrelated relaunched technology links site tool

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
HotBotAvailable inEnglish1.00infobox
HotBotCommercialYes1.00infobox
HotBotCurrent statusWorking1.00infobox
HotBotLaunchedMay 27, 1996; 30 years ago (1996-05-27)1.00infobox
HotBotOwnerHotBot Limited1.00infobox
HotBotType of siteSearch engine1.00infobox
HotBotURLwww.hotbot.com1.00infobox
HotBotis aCanadian web search engine owned by HotBot Limited0.90text
HotBotrelated to historyMay0.60section
HotBotrelated to historyWired0.60section
HotBotrelated to historyHotWired0.60section
HotBotrelated to historyInktomi0.60section

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