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AltaVista Can't Keep Up

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the incredible-shrinking-net dept.

jedrek writes "MSNBC is reporting that Altavista, the great search engine, isn't able to keep it's listings current. Altavista hasn't renewed it's index since July which, seeing how it's almost November, is a tad too long." AltaVista was my weapon of choice until Google came along and was so much better that most net users jumped ship.

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  1. Sure you can by Wee · · Score: 1, Redundant
    can't make $$$ off a search engine can you?

    You have no idea what you're talking about. Of course you can make money off a search engine. Ask the guys at Inktomi; they started doing it a long time ago. If you are a Google, you license your search technology to someone like Yahoo. Or AOL. Or Red Hat. Or AT&T's and Cingular's and Sprint's mobile subscribers. If your search engine was very popular, you could also create a very easy way for people to advertise on it. All these things bring in money. As long as you bring in more than you spend, you make "$$$".

    You should maybe stop reading fuckedcompany. Not everything associated with the Net is doomed.

    -B

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