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thenooch

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15. I too remember Altavista

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2013, 11:45 AM

Jul 2013

Now get back to me when Yahoo decides to shut down Yahoo. You can't stay in business just by copying 'everything' google does...yahoo mail really sucks.

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Yahoo shuts down Internet relic AltaVista [View all] Omaha Steve Jul 2013 OP

Aw, maaaaaaaaaaaaan. Pterodactyl Jul 2013 #1

Now I feel like checking to see if Metacrawler is still there. I used to use those before Google. Gregorian Jul 2013 #2

We have people here that were BORN in 1990. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #4

What's next? Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #3

mamma and dogpile have always been my favourites niyad Jul 2013 #5

That used to be my main search engine. skydive forever Jul 2013 #6

Mine as well SteveG Jul 2013 #10

I forgot about Altavista! PasadenaTrudy Jul 2013 #7

At one time AltaVista was the most powerful BootinUp Jul 2013 #8

altavista.digital.com Sgent Jul 2013 #9

LOL I haven't been to that site since...2002? 2003? alp227 Jul 2013 #11

One less place to go to avoid the massive intrusiveness of Google. nt onehandle Jul 2013 #12

RIP RobinA Jul 2013 #13

What about babblefish? Or is there something else I haven't seen to translate? rwsanders Jul 2013 #14

Babble fish was really handy... Neoma Jul 2013 #16

I too remember Altavista thenooch Jul 2013 #15

That's sad - once, that was my preferred search engine. closeupready Jul 2013 #17

Do they still have websites that submit your website to multiple search engines? East Coast Pirate Jul 2013 #18