AltaVista

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AltaVista was one of the earliest and most popular web search engines of the 1990s, known for its fast, comprehensive internet search before being eclipsed by later competitors.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
AltaVista search engine 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf technology company
web search engine
website
acquiredBy Compaq
Overture Services
Yahoo Inc. (post-Verizon media reorganization)
surface form: Yahoo!
acquisitionDateByYahoo 2003
competitor Excite
Google Search
Infoseek
Lycos
Yahoo! Search
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
developer Digital Equipment Corporation
discontinued 2013
founder Digital Equipment Corporation
foundingDate 1995-12-15
inception 1995
industry internet
online search
language English
location Palo Alto, California
notableFeature Boolean search support
advanced search options
fast search performance
language translation tool Babel Fish
large searchable index for its time
notableFor being one of the earliest popular web search engines
comprehensive web index in the 1990s
operatedBy Compaq
Digital Equipment Corporation
Overture Services
Yahoo Inc. (post-Verizon media reorganization)
surface form: Yahoo!
originalHardwarePlatform DEC Alpha servers
originalOwner Digital Equipment Corporation
parentCompany Compaq
Digital Equipment Corporation
Overture Services
Yahoo Inc. (post-Verizon media reorganization)
surface form: Yahoo!
peakPopularityPeriod late 1990s
reasonForDecline competition from Google
integration into Yahoo! Search
replacedBy Yahoo! Search
serviceType image search
news search
translation service
video search
web search
shutdownDate 2013-07-08
status defunct
website http://www.altavista.com/

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Infoseek competitor AltaVista
Lycos competitor AltaVista
Zip2 integratedInto AltaVista
Jeff Dean workedOn AltaVista
this entity surface form: AltaVista search engine