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Launched. 1996. Bomis ( / ˈbɒmɪs /, from Bitter Old Men in Suits; [14] rhyming with "promise"), [15] was a dot-com company best known for supporting the creations of free-content online-encyclopedia projects Nupedia and Wikipedia. [9] It was co-founded in 1996 by Jimmy Wales, Tim Shell, and Michael Davis.
In 1996, he and two partners founded Bomis, a web portal featuring user-generated webrings and, for a time, erotic photographs. Wales described it as a "guy-oriented search engine" with a market similar to that of Maxim magazine; the Bomis venture did not ultimately turn out to be successful.
Wired: The Atlantic wrote that Bomis became known as the “Playboy of the Internet.” Wales: That’s a completely ridiculous description. We allowed people to categorize whatever they wanted.
Mar 27, 2024 · Teaming up with friends Tim Shell and Michael Davis, the young entrepreneurs founded web portal company Bomis in San Diego. Specializing in handcrafted web directories, Bomis enjoyed early traction and profits. However Wales grew frustrated at the limited content, wanting to take on established giants like Microsoft‘s Encarta encyclopedia.
Aug 6, 2023 · Along with two other men, Tim Shell and Michael Davis, Jimmy started a company called Bomis in 1996. Bomis was an internet company that focused on creating free-content, online-encyclopedia projects driven by the facts like Nupedia and Wikipedia.
Larry Sanger. Lawrence Mark Sanger ( / ˈsæŋər /; [1] born July 16, 1968) is an American Internet project developer and philosopher who was the editor-in-chief of Nupedia, an online encyclopedia, and co-founded its successor Wikipedia along with Jimmy Wales. He coined Wikipedia's name, and wrote many of its early guidelines, including the ...
Jun 27, 2013 · In 1996, when Wales still wore a shaggy beard, listened to Insane Clown Posse and quoted “This is Spinal Tap” in meetings, he co-founded Bomis, a search engine that came with a “Bomis Babe ...
