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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
The search engine that helps you find exactly what you're looking for. Find the most relevant information, video, images, and answers from all across the Web.
Jan 4, 2021 · — Yahoo!, in a 2013 announcement —deep in the Marissa Mayer era of the company—that it was shutting down AltaVista. (If you visit altavista.com, it redirects to Yahoo! Search.)
- Ernie Smith
Dec 16, 2022 · AltaVista was a search engine as well as a web portal that allowed users to browse the world wide web as well as UseNet. AltaVista failed because of its alternating ownership, due to a failed shift towards becoming a portal, as well as its core search business was eventually overtaken by Google.
Owner Yahoo on Monday officially killed off AltaVista, which was once one of the Web's most popular search engines. If you visit the site now, it will redirects to Yahoo's own search page.
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Jun 28, 2013 · The Amazing AltaVista. You appeared on the search engine scene in December 1995. You made us go “woah” when you arrived. You did that by indexing around 20 million web pages, at a time when...
AltaVista. In the Digital Equipment Corporation research laboratories, a team of researchers led by Louise Monier and Michael Burrows created the AltaVista search engine. Thanks to high-performance hardware, AltaVista was able to perform a quick full-text search across a wide range of websites.