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AltaVista was a Web search engine established in 1995. It became one of the most-used early search engines, but lost ground to Google and was purchased by Yahoo! in 2003, which retained the brand, but based all AltaVista searches on its own search engine.
- 1995; 28 years ago
- December 15, 1995; 27 years ago
Search Engine. AltaVista Search Engine searches the top search engines, which makes it easier to search them all from one website.
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Jan 4, 2021 · Learn how AltaVista, one of the first major search engines, came to life as a marketing tool for a struggling computer company and eventually fell into the digital abyss. Explore the history and innovations of AltaVista and its rival Google.
- Ernie Smith
Dec 15, 2020 · Some of that quaintness could be found in the Times report 25 years ago this week about Digital Equipment Corporation’s release of Alta Vista. The search engine, according to the Times, was “a high-speed system for finding information on the Internet’s rapidly expanding World Wide Web multimedia service.” The Times article ...
Jun 28, 2013 · A tribute to AltaVista, the search engine that indexed 20 million web pages in 1995 and paved the way for Google. Learn how AltaVista rose and fell, and why it deserved better than Yahoo's one-sentence announcement.
Nov 23, 2023 · In 2000, only 7% of web users searched on Google, vs. 18% using AltaVista. While AltaVista diversified into new offerings like shopping, a web directory and free email, Google focused on building a better search engine in its early days. By 2004, Google attracted 35% of web searchers. In 2003, AltaVista sold itself to Overture Networks for $140 ...
