Angelfire
Angelfire homepage | |
Type of site | Paid web hosting service |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 2026 |
| Owner | Lycos |
| URL | angelfire.lycos.com |
| Commercial | No |
| Launched | 1996 |
Angelfire was an Internet service that offered website services. It is owned by Lycos, which also owns Tripod.com. Angelfire operated separately from Tripod.com and included features such as blog building and a photo gallery builder.
History
Angelfire was founded in 1996 and was originally a combination website building and medical transcription service.[1][2] Eventually, the site dropped the transcription service and focused solely on website hosting, offering only paid memberships.[2] The site was bought by Mountain View, California–based WhoWhere on October 20, 1997,[3] which, in turn, was subsequently purchased by the search engine company Lycos on August 11, 1998, for US$133 million.[4][5]
On March 6, 2026, Lycos announced that their services, specifically Angelfire and Tripod, were experiencing temporary outages in a note on their frontpage.[6] Later that day, the message was updated to say "To our users of Angelfire and Tripod. We apologize for the service interruptions. Unfortunately we will be shutting down in the next 30 days. Please move your hosting to another host as soon as possible."[7] The message was removed from the homepage shortly after, without further official statement from the company.[8]
References
- ^ Jolly, Jennifer. "TECH NOW: How to make your own website for free". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- ^ a b "About Angelfire". Angelfire. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "WhoWhere? to Acquire Angelfire Communications". Angelfire. 1997-10-20. Archived from the original on 1997-12-11.
- ^ "Lycos buys WhoWhere?". CNN. 1998-08-11. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
- ^ Leadem, Rose (2016-08-04). "15 Internet Relics We Miss (and Some We Don't)". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- ^ "Lycos.com". www.lycos.com. Archived from the original on 2026-03-06. Retrieved 2026-03-15.
- ^ "Lycos.com". www.lycos.com. Archived from the original on 2026-03-06. Retrieved 2026-03-15.
- ^ "Lycos.com". www.lycos.com. Archived from the original on 2026-03-06. Retrieved 2026-03-15.