WhoWhere?

WhoWhere? was an early internet directory and people-search engine founded in 1994 and headquartered in Mountain View, California. The service allowed users to search for people and businesses, offering a free email service and white-pages-style lookups at a time when such capabilities were novel on the web. WhoWhere? became one of the leading people-finder and free email services of the mid-1990s internet era. In 1998, Lycos acquired WhoWhere? for approximately $133 million, integrating its directory and email capabilities into the Lycos network. The WhoWhere? brand was subsequently discontinued as the internet consolidation wave of the late 1990s absorbed many early standalone directory services.