AOL LLC is an New York-based american Company and one of the world's leading interactive internet service provider who merged with Time Warner in January 11, 2001. AOL was previously known American Online, Inc. and it was a Loudoun County, Virginia-based company. Founded in 1985 as quantum computer services operating worldwide. AOL.com is a wonderful website where it extends their outreach program to the society and the community. AOL offers various products like AOL Mail, instant messenger, remind me, parental controls, my AOL, my Portfolio, You've Got Pictures, Calendar and AOL Search.
The website offers feedback capabilites were users can send their sentiments over AOL products and services. You can also set AOL as your homepage. Alongside with the heating elections in the United States, they are offering elections toolbar where you can read latest election news, join polls and AOL Search instant Access.
You can also set the homepage into the color set of your choice. AOL search is enhanced by google allowing users to search the web, images, video, news, local, shopping and more. AOL search also displays the top 5 hot searches on their homepage.
Through the AOL homepage you can access various AOL Products and Services as well as Google Mail, Yahoo Mail and Weather Forecast. You can also find featured offers, Automobiles, news about the Marketplace, Finance, Entertainment, Sports and Health, City, Traffic and Gas Prices Guide. The top news are then featured and has special place in the homepage.
AOL.com visitors can download AOL Software or join the AOL Developer Network and help enhance the software or create a new software technology for AOL. AOL also have a dedicated blog where you can listen to companies announcement or news. AOL.com is also RSS ready. Thus, you can subscribe to their RSS. You can also set the AOL homepage into a screen-friendly page or set it back to default options.
AOL Advertiser Program is the one that would benefit largely to advertisers specially bloggers who wanted to increase their internet presence. The advertising program is widely managed by four entities: AOL, TACODA, AD.COM and ADTECH. With the great worldwide presence of AOL, advertisers can trully get a good return of investment. Case Studies were performed by AOL Advertising Staff for advertisers to read and learn from. The program consisted of various advertisement specs.
However, AOL's presence has worsened because of the global financial crisis and caused a reduction in AOL subscribers and stock value. But it still leads in its chosen niche.
