Citysearch
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| Type | Subsidiary |
| Founded | La Crescenta, California, USA (1995) |
| Headquarters | West Hollywood, California, USA |
| Area served | United States |
| Key people | Jay Herratti, President |
| Industry | Internet search, Advertising |
| Products | Citysearch.com, Pay For Performance advertising |
| Parent | IAC/InterActiveCorp |
| Website | www.citysearch.com |
Citysearch is a local online search service, providing information on businesses in the categories of dining, entertainment, retail, travel, and professional services in cities throughout the United States. Visitors to Citysearch's local city guides will find contact information, maps, driving directions, editorial, and user reviews for the businesses listed. Citysearch is headquartered in West Hollywood, California and is an operating business of IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI).
CitySearch was founded in September 1995 by Jeffrey Brewer, Caskey Dickson, Brad Haaugard, Taylor Wescoatt, and Charles Conn. The idea, initiative, and seed capital came initially from Bill Gross.
In 1999, Citysearch acquired the competing Sidewalk.com website from Microsoft, and merged the two sites together.
Citysearch has been recently criticized for their alleged tampering[1] of user submitted ratings and reviews.
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