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People still use Alta Vista?

Discussion in 'All Other Search Engines' started by Roze, Sep 29, 2005.

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  1. dotcomguy

    dotcomguy Peon

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    #61
    Not used them since 2001 - I'm gonna go and check it out... I completely forgot about these guys! lol.
     
    dotcomguy, Dec 7, 2005 IP
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    bentong Banned

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    #62
    altavista & alltheweb are just getting results from yahoo...
     
    bentong, Dec 10, 2005 IP
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    jkomp Well-Known Member

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    #63
    I can't believe people still use that, my search engine QueryCube.com delivers better results and it only has an index of 2500 lol.
    It's google or msn for me. More msn than google nowadays, since google started delivering adsense heavy spam sites at the top of many more specifics searches. Although, altavista isn't all that bad - I still remember it in its prime :) Happy days.
     
    jkomp, Dec 10, 2005 IP
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    Web Gazelle Well-Known Member

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    Don't forget about Icerocket. I am ranking well with that one. :rolleyes:
     
    Web Gazelle, Dec 12, 2005 IP
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    Just checked and I have 87 hits from altavista.com today - about 60% of those are from their random image function, almost all the rest is from their image search.
     
    blinxdk, Dec 12, 2005 IP
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    FeedBucket Well-Known Member

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    #66
    I loved Altavista. It ruled in its day -- it was like TEH FASTEST SEARCH EVAR when all we had to compare it against was WebCrawler and Excite and Hotbot.

    And then Compaq came along and messed it all up. :\
     
    FeedBucket, Dec 12, 2005 IP
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    #67
    I go to the site to use the translation part all the time.
    Bablefish or something...
     
    melaniejk, Dec 12, 2005 IP
  8. Web Gazelle

    Web Gazelle Well-Known Member

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    Gigablast is giving me some nice rankings too! :cool:
     
    Web Gazelle, Dec 13, 2005 IP
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    DomainMagnate Illustrious Member

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    What's altavista? :confused:
     
    DomainMagnate, Dec 14, 2005 IP
  10. SedNaX

    SedNaX Active Member

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    search engine check altavista.com :)

    i used to search for pictures there not found on google :) (don't confuse it with astalavista.com, that's a site for hacks, cracks etc... ;) )
     
    SedNaX, Dec 14, 2005 IP
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    mikejmu Active Member

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    alta what?
     
    mikejmu, Dec 14, 2005 IP
  12. SedNaX

    SedNaX Active Member

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    babelfish sucks... it really is the worst translation program on the net:eek: you can better go to freentranslation.com
     
    SedNaX, Dec 14, 2005 IP
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    EGS Notable Member

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    #73
    Alta Vista is a great search engine, but is not and will never be as popular as Google. It just doesn't offer any of the services Google has to offer, which may be its downfall to webmasters and visitors.

    Alta Vista does deliver targeted, and most of the time in my experiences, better search results more relavent to your search query. :)
     
    EGS, Dec 14, 2005 IP
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    Yeah. It was merely the dominant search engine for a good four years before Google even existed. ;)
     
    FeedBucket, Dec 15, 2005 IP
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    Can't believe I'm so old. I still remember the day when no one new about google and when you needed to find something online you used altavista and whatever you were looking for, you always saw first porn, viagra and some other spam lol
     
    DomainMagnate, Dec 15, 2005 IP
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    I think a better question is "People ever used alta vista?"
     
    LinkSales, Dec 15, 2005 IP
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    Okay, but in that case the answer would be a resounding "Yes!". Before Google, Alta Vista was pretty much it, especially after Yahoo started its slide into portal oblivion and paid directory listings. Alta Vista before Google was pretty much the only game in town.
     
    minstrel, Dec 15, 2005 IP
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    I remember when I joined WebmasterWorld in 2001 I was telling people that Altavista was dead in the water. There we heated debates. I remember the highlight was really that Altavista stopped doing regular updates. I'm assuming it was a result of them getting spammed, and they just weren't able to cope.
     
    dvduval, Dec 15, 2005 IP
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    #79

    "Alta Vista" is very retro......so is "Tuba Playing".....so I guess it does make some kind of sense!.... :)


    -PYJAMA
     
    PYJAMA, Dec 15, 2005 IP
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    haha very good link you made there!
     
    jkomp, Dec 16, 2005 IP
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