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Is alta vista anything more than a frontend to yahoo search, which is just a frontend to Bing? I'd love to hear from a person that still uses AltaVista as thei
by RandallBrown 13y ago
Is alta vista anything more than a frontend to yahoo search, which is just a frontend to Bing?
I'd love to hear from a person that still uses AltaVista as their main search engine. I can't imagine what their reasoning would be.
- taopao 13y agoTime travelers from the year 1997. Not a big demo.
- moheeb 13y agoJohn Titor still uses AltaVista.
- jaredsohn 13y agoDoubtful. John Titor traveled back in time from the future so if he remains in his past, he likely changed his search preferences with the native people. I cannot think of a good example right now of someone who traveled from the 1990s to the 2010s or so, although this guide could be helpful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_television_series_that_include_time_travel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_television_series_that_... Non-timetravelers who might be within that demographic are people who just woke up from 15-year comas, people formerly cryogenically frozen, people leaving prison (that doesn't allow Internet access), etc.
- shardling 13y agoThe Terminator TV show had Sarah+John Connor jump from 1999 to 2007 in the first episode.
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- drawkbox 13y agoAlta Vista did do enterprise search for a while. I remember in 2003-5 we had a large company choosing between Alta Vista and a Google appliance, the two players at the time. We were pushing them to go Google but they went Alta Vista. Worked decently well though, good search and decent API, the Google appliance was more black box at the time and Alta Vista was kinda flexible/customizable. So they had that. Also Alta Vista Babel Fish was one of the first good translation services.