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At least Altavista is still going strong.
by il 16y ago
At least Altavista is still going strong.
- dpcan 16y agoAbout once a year I go to AltaVista.com and Lycos.com to see if they still exist. I wonder sometimes if people go to work everyday at these companies, or if they're just a server somewhere now.
- tjr 16y agoI miss when AltaVista was at altavista.digital.com.
- devspade 16y agoNot only do people still work at these companies but you could be one of them: http://info.lycos.com/jobs.php http://info.lycos.com/jobs.php
- bobds 16y agoIn the "SEO Analyst" requirements: > Understanding of link building and content syndication are required > Bachelors degree in a related field Did universities start selling SEO(-related) degrees already?
- showerst 16y agoRelated is probably marketing, business, or something CS-y.
- bobds 16y agoI was mostly joking, since their formatting made it look like those two were the same bullet point. My question still stands though, has anyone heard of a SEO degree, or some kind of online marketing degree (maybe with a SEO class on the curriculum)?
- gscott 16y agoThis one is endorsed by seomoz: http://www.marketmotive.com/ http://www.marketmotive.com/
- tybris 16y agoThe fact that there is no engineering position on that list says enough.
- dpcan 16y agoHow about that! If they are hiring, they must have a plan, a vision, a dream for the company. The question is, what is it? What can they do to get our attention again?
- kno 16y agoIt will be pretty depressing working for any of these companies.
- dpcan 16y agoI'd like to throw excite.com onto my list. Their TV Listings page is one of the easiest to use and best I've ever seen - merely for its simplicity and amount of information with all the shows: http://www.excite.com/tv/data.jsp http://www.excite.com/tv/data.jsp
- vladd 16y agoNot quite that strong: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/altavista.com/ http://siteanalytics.compete.com/altavista.com/
- il 16y agoI think 400,000 uniques is amazing for a site that's nothing more than a skin on Yahoo search.
- djjose 16y agoAltaVista is owned by Yahoo. No engineering or product personnel were allocated to it when I was at Y!, it's essentially on maintenance mode.