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IceRocket was an Internet search engine which specialized in real-time search. Based in Dallas, Texas, it launched in 2004 hoping to market itself solely through word of mouth. IceRocket was backed by Mark Cuban and headquartered in Dallas, Texas.2 It is part of Meltwater Group.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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IceRocket was an Internet search engine which specialized in real-time search. Based in Dallas, Texas, it launched in 2004 hoping to market itself solely through word of mouth.2
IceRocket is part of a group headed by Meltwater Group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
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Icerocket launched in 2004. The search engine originally launched with features designed to make web searches on a PDA much easier, for instance allowing users to email a query to the engine and receive their results back in response. Icerocket had an early licensing deal with Gofish.com.
In August 2011, it was announced that IceRocket had been acquired by the Meltwater Group.
From Wikipedia’s article on IceRocket, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
IceRocket was generally for blog searches but expanded into searching the popular social networking websites Twitter and Facebook as well as allowing searching of news and the World Wide Web. IceRocket's Big Buzz feature allows users to search Blogs, Tweets, news, images etc. all from one page.
The IceRocket site was a free resource for people looking to monitor their brand, it was ad supported. IceRocket had an API that it licenses to social media monitoring firms as well as PR agencies.
From Wikipedia’s article on IceRocket, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
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