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AOL is an internet company founded in 1985 as Quantum Computing Services.[1] Each acquisition is for the respective company in its entirety. The acquisition date listed is the date of the agreement between AOL and the subject of the acquisition. The value of each acquisition is listed in US dollars because AOL is headquartered in the United States. If the value of an acquisition is not listed, then it is undisclosed. As of August 2013, AOL's largest acquisition has been the purchase of Netscape, a web browser company, for US$4.2 billion.

Netscape's browser was dominant, in terms of market share, but it had lost most of its share to Internet Explorer during the first browser war. By the end of 2007, the usage share of Netscape's browsers had fallen from over 90% in the 1990s, to less than 1%.[2] Its second-largest acquisition is the purchase of MapQuest, a web mapping company. From 1999 to 2009, MapQuest had the greatest market share among mapping websites; it has since dropped to second place, behind Google Maps.[3][4] The majority of the companies acquired by AOL are based in the United States. As of April 2008, AOL has acquired 41 companies. Most of the acquired companies are related to the internet, including several internet service providers and web browsers.

In 2001, AOL merged with Time Warner to become AOL Time Warner. Due to the larger market capitalization of AOL, it gained ascendancy in the merger, with its executives largely displacing Time Warner's despite AOL's far smaller assets and revenues. AOL was spun off as its own independent company from Time Warner in 2009.

Verizon Communications acquired AOL in 2015, and operated it as a separate subsidiary. In 2017, Verizon bought the first Yahoo! Inc. and merged it with AOL, creating the second Yahoo! Inc. The company sold a 90% stake in Yahoo! to Apollo Global Management in 2021, and AOL was placed under Yahoo!’s umbrella.

Acquisitions#edit

Acquisition dateCompanyBusinessCountryValue (USD)Adjusted (USD)Ref.
May 1994Redgate CommunicationsInternet service providerUSA$35,000,000$76,000,000[5]
November 1994BookLinkWeb browserUSA$30,000,000$65,000,000[6]
30 November 1994NaviSoftWeb serverUSA——[7]
February 1995Advanced Network and ServicesNon-ProfitUSA$35,000,000$74,000,000[8]
May 1995MediorUser interface designUSA——[9]
May 1995WAIS Inc.Search engine technologyUSA$15,000,000$32,000,000[10]
1 June 1995WebCrawlerSearch engineUSA——[11]
22 September 1995UbiqueVirtual placesISR$16,981,000$36,000,000[12][13]
1 February 1996Johnson-GraceData compressionUSA——[14]
6 August 1996ImagiNation NetworkOnline gameUSA——[15]
25 November 1996Global Network NavigatorWeb browserUSA——[16]
10 November 1997CompuServeOnline serviceUSA$175,000,000$351,000,000[17]
26 January 1998Personal Library SoftwareSearch engineUSA——[18]
8 June 1998MirabilisInstant messagingISR$287,000,000$567,000,000[19]
24 November 1998NetscapeWeb browserUSA$4,200,000,000$8.296×109[20]
5 April 1999When.comWeb-based calendarUSA$225,000,000$435,000,000[21]
27 May 1999MoviefoneFilm databaseUSA$525,000,000$1.015×109[22]
1 June 1999NullsoftMedia playerUSA$80,000,000$155,000,000[23]
1 June 1999Spinner.comMedia playerUSA$320,000,000$618,000,000[23]
October 1999Gateway.netInternet service providerUSA$800,000,000$155,000,000[24]
3 December 1999TegicPredictive textUSA——[25]
22 December 1999MapQuestWeb mappingUSA$1,100,000,000$2.126×109[26]
2 September 2000Quack.comVoiceportalUSA$200,000,000$374,000,000[27][28]
5 September 2000iAmazeHTML editorUSA——[29]
11 January 2001Time WarnerEntertainmentUSA$183,000,000,000$3.32743×1011
19 May 2001InfoInterActiveTelecommunicationsCAN$28,200,000$51,000,000[30]
27 July 2001ObongoE-WalletUSA——[31]
July 2001eVoiceTelecommunicationsUSA——[32]
19 November 2003SingingfishAudio/Video search engineUSA——[33]
24 June 2004Advertising.comOnline advertisingUSA$435,000,000$741,000,000[34]
3 August 2004MailBlocksE-mail service providerUSA——[35]
3 August 2005XdriveOnline file storageUSA——[36]
7 August 2005WildseedMobile softwareUSA——[37]
5 October 2005Weblogs, Inc.Weblog networkUSA——[38]
3 November 2005MusicNowOnline music storeUSA——[39]
10 January 2006TruveoVideo search engineUSA——[40]
17 May 2006LightningcastInternet marketingUSA——[41]
13 August 2006UserplaneSocial network serviceUSA——[42]
16 August 2006GameDailyVideo game journalismUSA——[43]
8 November 2006RelegenceFinancial servicesISR——[44]
14 May 2007Third Screen MediaMobile advertisingUSA——[45]
15 May 2007AdtechAdvertising technology providerDEU——[46]
23 July 2007TacodaAdvertising networkUSA$285,000,000$443,000,000[47]
7 November 2007YeddaSocial SearchISR——[48]
7 November 2007QuigoAdvertising networkUSA——[49]
5 February 2008buy.atAffiliate networkUSA——[50]
13 March 2008BeboSocial network serviceUK$850,000,000$1.271×109[51]
28 March 2008Emurse.comResume creation & Job hunting siteUSA——[citation needed]
14 April 2008SphereWeb search engineUSA——[52]
15 August 2008SocialthingSocial Network AggregatorUSA——[53]
11 June 2009Patch MediaLocal search (Internet)USA——[54]
11 June 2009GoingLocal search (Internet)USA——[55]
15 July 2009MMAFighting.comMMA blogUSA——[56]
25 January 2010StudioNowInternet videoUSA$36,500,000$54,000,000[57]
31 August 2010Rally Upmobile applicationsUSA——[58]
28 September 20105Min Mediavideo syndicationISR$65,000,000$96,000,000[59]
28 September 2010TechCrunchTechnology blogUSA——[60]
28 September 2010Thing Labsmobile applicationsUSA——[61]
1 December 2010UnblabemailUSA——[62]
16 December 2010Pictelacontent marketingUSA——[63]
20 December 2010About.mesocial networkingUSA——[64]
31 January 2011GoViralOnline video distributionDEN$96,700,000$138,000,000[65]
7 February 2011The Huffington PostnewsUSA$315,000,000$451,000,000[66]
4 March 2011Outside.inLocal / NewsUSA——[67]
15 March 2012Hipstermobile applicationsUSA——[68]
4 December 2012BuysightProduct Level RetargetingUSA——[69]
13 February 2013gdgtgadget reviews media outletUSA——[70]
7 August 2013Adap.tvVideo advertisingUSA$405,000,000$560,000,000[71]
23 January 2014GravityNative advertisingUSA$90,700,000$123,000,000[72]
6 May 2014ConvertroAttribution (marketing)USA$101,000,000$137,000,000[73]
21 May 2014Precision DemandAttribution (marketing)USA$405,000,000$551,000,000[74][75]
1 December 2014VidibleVideo management and exchange platformUSA$50,000,000$68,000,000[76]
March 2015VelosPredictive analyticsUSA——[77]
23 October 2015Millennial MediaMobile advertisingUSA$238,000,000$323,000,000[78]
August 2015Ashe AvenueWeb Development GroupUSA——[79]
31 August 2015Kanvas Labsmobile applicationsUSA——[80]
25 January 2016AlephDPublisher AnalyticsFrance——[81]
20 April 2016RYOTImmersive Media Company and Virtual Content StudioUSA——[82]

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