Yahoo! closes first search engine AltaVista
02.07.2013,
17:34
Yahoo, as part of their efforts to focus on specific web properties, has decided to close the search engine AltaVista, gazeta.ru reports.
YEREVAN, July 2, /ARKA/. Yahoo, as part of their efforts to focus on specific web properties, has decided to close the search engine AltaVista, gazeta.ru reports.
Yahoo's announcement on the shutting of AltaVista came in a brief sentence hidden amongst a larger list of the Yahoo properties they are closing in the coming year, including RSS Alert, Neighbours and FoxyTunes. AltaVista will officially cease to exist, with Yahoo suggesting use Yahoo search instead, on July 8.
AltaVista was one of the original search engines on the web, and was established well before Google hit the scene. It launched in 1995. -0-