About.com (historical association via IAC/Ask properties, check current status)

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brand defunct website online media property web portal website

About.com was a popular online resource network offering expert-written guides and articles on a wide range of topics, which has since been rebranded and split into vertical sites such as Dotdash brands.

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Label	Occurrences
About.com (historical association via IAC/Ask properties, check current status) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4613999 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: About.com (historical association via IAC/Ask properties, check current status)
Context triple: [Ask Media Group, operatesWebsite, About.com (historical association via IAC/Ask properties, check current status)]

A. IAC
IAC is a U.S.-based media and internet holding company that owns and operates a wide portfolio of online brands and digital services.
B. AboutUs.org
AboutUs.org is a collaboratively edited online directory and wiki-style resource that documents websites, organizations, and businesses across the internet.
C. About Today
"About Today" is a melancholic, slow-building song by indie rock band The National, known for its emotional lyrics and atmospheric arrangement.
D. Alexa Internet
Alexa Internet was a web traffic analysis and ranking company best known for providing website popularity metrics and analytics services before its shutdown in 2022.
E. Altaba Inc.
Altaba Inc. was a publicly traded investment company formed from the remnants of Yahoo! Inc. after the sale of its core internet business to Verizon, primarily holding stakes in Alibaba Group and Yahoo! Japan.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: About.com (historical association via IAC/Ask properties, check current status)
Target entity description: About.com was a popular online resource network offering expert-written guides and articles on a wide range of topics, which has since been rebranded and split into vertical sites such as Dotdash brands.

A. IAC
IAC is a U.S.-based media and internet holding company that owns and operates a wide portfolio of online brands and digital services.
B. AboutUs.org
AboutUs.org is a collaboratively edited online directory and wiki-style resource that documents websites, organizations, and businesses across the internet.
C. About Today
"About Today" is a melancholic, slow-building song by indie rock band The National, known for its emotional lyrics and atmospheric arrangement.
D. Alexa Internet
Alexa Internet was a web traffic analysis and ranking company best known for providing website popularity metrics and analytics services before its shutdown in 2022.
E. Altaba Inc.
Altaba Inc. was a publicly traded investment company formed from the remnants of Yahoo! Inc. after the sale of its core internet business to Verizon, primarily holding stakes in Alibaba Group and Yahoo! Japan.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	brand ⓘ defunct website ⓘ online media property ⓘ web portal ⓘ website ⓘ
acquisitionDate	2005 ⓘ 2012 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dissolved	2017 ⓘ
endOfOperation	2017 ⓘ
formerURL	https://www.about.com ⓘ
founder	Scott Kurnit ⓘ
foundingDate	1996 ⓘ
genre	expert content website ⓘ how-to website ⓘ reference website ⓘ
hasPart	topic-specific channels ⓘ
headquartersLocation	New York City ⓘ
inception	1996 ⓘ
industry	digital media ⓘ online publishing ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	New York City ⓘ
mainSubject	consumer information ⓘ general interest ⓘ how-to guides ⓘ
notableEvent	content migrated to vertical brands under Dotdash ⓘ shutdown of About.com domain in 2017 ⓘ
notableFeature	expert-written guides ⓘ large archive of how-to articles ⓘ topic-based navigation ⓘ
operator	About, Inc. ⓘ Dotdash ⓘ linked to: Dotdash Meredith
ownedBy	Dotdash ⓘ linked to: Dotdash Meredith
owner	IAC ⓘ The New York Times Company ⓘ
parentOrganization	Ask Media Group ⓘ Ask.com ⓘ linked to: Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name) IAC ⓘ
partOf	Dotdash ⓘ linked to: Dotdash Meredith
publisher	About, Inc. ⓘ
rebrandedAs	Dotdash ⓘ linked to: Dotdash Meredith Dotdash vertical brands ⓘ
status	discontinued ⓘ
successor	Dotdash ⓘ linked to: Dotdash Meredith Lifewire ⓘ The Balance ⓘ The Spruce ⓘ ThoughtCo ⓘ TripSavvy ⓘ Verywell ⓘ
targetAudience	general audience ⓘ

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Ask Media Group → operatesWebsite → About.com (historical association via IAC/Ask properties, check current status) ⓘ

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