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Altavista was garbage compared to Google at the time, that's why everyone switched in the first place.

• mech422 5y ago
  Guess it depends on what you mean by garbage... I loved altavista - especially the 'near' keyword. But it didn't have as large an index as google. As the web grew, it just fell further behind.
  • cinntaile 5y ago
    The results were less relevant.