Don't forget you can use AltaVista in text-only mode; point your bookmarks and custom search boxes to:
http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?text
This gets rid of the RealName stuff, banner ads, third party news sources, and all the other stuff on the front page. Won't help with the rigged search results, tho.
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Don't forget you can use AltaVista in text-only mode; point your bookmarks and custom search boxes to:
http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?text
This gets rid of the RealName stuff, banner ads, third party news sources, and all the other stuff on the front page. Won't help with the rigged search results, tho.