Alta Vista was a good start but I think it was viewed as a marketing exercise for the alpha chipset. Yahoo search was excellent, but was it hand curated? Ther

Alta Vista was a good start but I think it was viewed as a marketing exercise for the alpha chipset. Yahoo search was excellent, but was it hand curated? There were a number of search companies, all with their secret sauce (and often guys in their garage). Good tech is good. Good luck is better. But betting that one’s cache is permanent is a great way to end up on the “who were they again?” list.