Global InformationSingingfish information
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| Company type | Subsidiary of AOL |
|---|---|
| Industry | Internet Search |
| Founded | 1999, acquired by Thomson SA in 2000, by AOL in 2003 |
| Defunct | Feb 2007 |
| Fate | Acquired |
| Headquarters | Seattle, WA |
Number of employees | over 50 |
| Website | www.singingfish.com |
Singingfish was an audio/video search engine that powered audio video search for Windows Media Player,[1][2] WindowsMedia.com, RealOne/RealPlayer,[2] Real Guide,[3] AOL Search, Dogpile, Metacrawler[4] and Singingfish.com, among others. Launched in 2000, it was one of the earliest and longest lived search engines dedicated to multimedia content. Acquired in 2003 by AOL,[5] it was slowly folded into the AOL search offerings and all web hits from RMC TV to Singingfish were being redirected to AOL Video and as of February 2007 Singingfish had ceased to exist as a separate service.
Singingfish powered audio search continues to live on for the time being at AOL Search and other AOL properties. However, little if any development has been done since August 2006. Singingfish powered video search is no longer publicly available and is now being re-directed to AOL Video Search.
- ^ EcontentMag.com: Singingfish to Power Audio and Video Search in the Windows Media Player
- ^ a b Multimedia Search: Singingfish - ClickZ
- ^ For queries on Real Guide, Singingfish search results appeared in the section "Audio & Video on the Web". The Singingfish logo was only displayed on the second and later result pages.
- ^ For queries on Dogpile and Metacrawler, results from Singingfish were annotated next to the relevant result(s).
- ^ AOL Buys Singingfish, Rolls Out More Search Changes - Search Engine Watch Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine