What happened to Altavista?

Discussion in 'All Other Search Engines' started by And!, Jul 6, 2012.

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    When I first started on the net, altavista was the top search engine, and yahoo was the top directory. Now altavista has a yahoo search bar and now I am shocked!
     
    And!, Jul 6, 2012 IP
  2. aqeelfhr

    aqeelfhr Active Member

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    Its due to not working of admins
    Who never want to work will lost his credibility like this
     
    aqeelfhr, Jul 13, 2012 IP
  3. JColch

    JColch Peon

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    It's either they were not smart enough or just lazy.
     
    JColch, Jul 14, 2012 IP
  4. syanto

    syanto Greenhorn

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    google is just boss
     
    syanto, Jul 15, 2012 IP
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    fredericoagent Member

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    Yep,I remember Altavista, just like excite,lycos and dozens of other 'portal pages' which went downhill after google came along. I remember altavista even offering a google like page with only a search bar called raging.com. The truth was most people only wanted to search so portals lost traffic and google just had that PR factor to outdo other search engines.

    Google itself is now going downhill trying to provide more and more services and in next few years a better search engine will come along.
     
    fredericoagent, Jul 15, 2012 IP
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    northernleasing Peon

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    Google launch 1997 and grow very fast, become very popular and take over all search engine and stay on top, that's big fact for lose other search engine popularity.
     
    northernleasing, Jul 16, 2012 IP
  7. The5Hole

    The5Hole Well-Known Member

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    I always thought Yahoo owned Altavista anyways, and used the same search engine/ results for the most part... I could be wrong but I'm going back from memory 8-10 years ago...
     
    The5Hole, Jul 22, 2012 IP
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    Just use Google then. The most comprehensive search engines.
     
    nufox, Jul 22, 2012 IP
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    andhrareporter Greenhorn

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    Yes, its right Google won race and provide useful result for its use that attract visitor to use google.
     
    andhrareporter, Jul 25, 2012 IP