Alta went online in late 1995. They also have foriegn divisions: * Oct 99 launched altavista.se, Swedish site * December 1999 altavista.co.uk, UK site * February 2000 altavista.fr, French site * March 2000 altavista.nl, Dutch site * April 2000 altavista.it, Italian site * July 2000 altavista.in, India site Excite Went online in Dec 1995 Hotbot Went online in May 1996 WebCrawler went online way back in the spring, 1994 Inktomi was founded in 1996 infoseek Went online in August 1995 as a directory service. Google has been online since late 1997 Lycos went online in June 1994. Fast went online in mid 1998. Northern Light went online in the fall of 1997. LookSmart went online in Oct. 1996. Yahoo Went live online in August of 1994
None of the newer SE's have made it to the major leagues due to the incredible size of the competition. Newcomers have a pretty steep hill to climb and today it requires major ching-ching to get you there.
I knew altavista also had a Norwegian divison (http://no.altavista.com/), so I checked it out, and found the following altavista divisions in addition to those already mentioned: 03/99 Altavista Germany 09/00 Altavista Denmark 10/00 Altavista Australia, Ireland, Spain 11/00 Altavista Norway, Austria, Switzerland 12/00 Altavista Brazil, Portugal 01/01 Altavista Belgium 03/01 Altavista New Zealand Geir