AltaVista

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technology company web search engine website

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/ ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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