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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.
Dec 16, 2022 · Soon after its IPO plans were put aside, Ilene Lang, its CEO, decided to resign from her position. The firm’s new leadership decided to shift strategy by moving AltaVista from solely being a search engine towards becoming a web portal like AOL, Netscape, or Yahoo.
Jan 4, 2021 · It was eventually developed by DEC employees Michael Burrows and Louis Monier. AltaVista, as it appeared in early 1997. Image: Internet Archive. How AltaVista, our first good search...
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Jul 9, 2013 · Created by researchers at Digital Equipment Corporation, a computer vendor that was later acquired by Compaq, AltaVista was actually quite revolutionary when it launched.
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- Managing Editor, Consumer Electronics
Jul 12, 2024 · AltaVista was a groundbreaking search engine created by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1995. It was one of the earliest and most popular keyword-based search tools on the World Wide Web in the mid-90s and is widely considered to be the first major search engine in history.
Jul 8, 2013 · On Monday, its owner Yahoo Inc. sent AltaVista.com to the Internet graveyard to rest alongside order-almost-anything venture Kozmo.com and the butler from Ask Jeeves. Palo Alto, California-based AltaVista was introduced in 1995, three years before Google Inc. was founded.
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Jul 1, 2013 · Yahoo acquired the AltaVista technology, index and name when it bought ad firm Overture in 2003. After the shutdown anyone seeking the AltaVista site will be redirected to the main Yahoo search...
