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About, Inc.


Self Description

March 2004: "Welcome to About, the Human Internet, where real people help you get whatever you want from the Web.

Each site in our unique network is run by a professional Guide who is carefully screened and trained by About. Guides build a comprehensive environment around each of their specific topics, including the best new content, relevant links, How-To's, Forums, and answers to just about any question.

The insight and perspective that our Guides bring to each area of interest is what makes the About experience much more enjoyable and interactive than other destinations.

The About network consists of hundreds of Guide sites neatly organized into 23 channels. The sites cover more than 50,000 subjects with over 1 million links to the best resources on the Net and the fastest-growing archive of high quality original content. Topics range from pregnancy to cars, palm pilots to painting, weight loss to video game strategies. No one has greater depth and breadth than About.

A Brief History

In February of 1997, Scott Kurnit and a dedicated team launched The Mining Company, the first information network to integrate the Internet's most productive agent - people...."

http://ourstory.about.com/index.htm

Third-Party Descriptions

Relationships

RoleNameTypeLast Updated
Owner of (partial or full, past or present) About.com Source Jul 15, 2004
Owner of (partial or full, past or present) Consumersearch.com Source Jul 12, 2011
Owned by (partial or full, past or present) New York Times Company Organization Aug 21, 2007

Articles and Resources

Date Fairness.com Resource Read it at:
Feb 02, 2002 Let's Roll!

QUOTE: ...wasn't until 4 days later that the Todd M Beamer Foundation, established to raise money for the families of the September 11 victims, filed their own application. The Foundation claims, in effect, a prior "common law" trademark of the phrase, because of Beamer's well-known use of it -- much as a written work can be considered "copyright protected" as soon as it's produced...

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Jan 01, 1111 What is a Puppy Mill anyway? Greed Hostage Camps

QUOTE: Popular usage of the label "Puppy Mill" has it as a large facility, where dogs are crammed into cages, fed little, uncared for, with little or no human contact, and forced to breed heat cycle after heat cycle, while an uncaring owner reaps profits.

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