QueerSeek

QueerSeek (also known as SearchTheGayWeb and BQueer.com) is an LGBT owned and operated from North Vancouver, in British Columbia, Canada. Their servers are located in Downtown Vancouver.

History
QueerSeek was launched by Michael Owen in late 1999 as a single page site featuring a small collection of LGBT links that Owen enjoyed visiting, as well as social networking services such as chat and free e-mail. Over the following decade the collection focused on becoming a large non-porn LGBT directory and portal. In 2008 QueerSeek rebranded to BQueer, hoping to benefit from a new shorter name.

The collection continued to grow and evolve and in September 2010 launched a mirror site under the web domain SearchTheGayWeb.com. This was mainly an SEO-driven move and also an attempt to move away from the word "Queer".

In 2012 the service refocused their main marketing on the QueerSeek branding as it was a brand with a longer history. The service kept SearchTheGayWeb.com as an entry point and parked the BQueer domain.

Operations
The site is operated by Be Found More Marketing (formerly Rainbow Communications), an online marketing company founded in 1995 by Michael Owen. QueerSeek reportedly does not operate at a profit and listing fees as well as advertising revenue go towards off-setting the annual operating costs of the site.