Infoseek was a very popular search engine founded in 1994 by Steve Kirsch, et. al. By September 1997 it boasted 7.3 million visitors per month http://www.clubi.ie/webserch/engines/infoseek/history.htm. It was bought by Disney in 1998, and the technology was merged with that of the Disney-acquired Starwave to form the Go.com network.