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AltaVista

AltaVista was an early web search engine. It was once one of the most popular search engines, but it lost ground with the rise of Google and was purchased in 2003 by Yahoo!, which retained the brand but based all AltaVista searches on its own search engine.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Proprietary

Alerts

  • Discontinued

Platforms

  • Online
Discontinued

AltaVista was shutted down by Yahoo! on July 8, 2013.

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AltaVista information

  • Developed by

    US flagYahoo
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free product.
  • Alternatives

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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What is AltaVista?

AltaVista was an early web search engine. It was once one of the most popular search engines, but it lost ground with the rise of Google and was purchased in 2003 by Yahoo!, which retained the brand but based all AltaVista searches on its own search engine. On June 28, 2013, Yahoo! announced that it would be shutting down AltaVista on July 8, 2013.