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MrMark replied

16 September 2010, 08:46
Originally posted by chef View Post

wow, cool and so is babelfish, you remember, that thing people used before google translate

Is Ask Jeeves still going? Hmm, it appears so..

Ask Jeeves Web Search
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doodab replied

16 September 2010, 08:34
I used to like Yahoo and Altavista. I used to find navigating the categories gave better results than searching once you learned your way around them.

And it's still there:

Yahoo! Directory
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Sysman replied

16 September 2010, 08:20
Originally posted by cojak View Post

Altavista's still going???

<toddles off to have a look>

As reported just the other day here.

If memory serves correctly, Digital flogged AltaVista at one point but for shares rather than cash. The shares turned out to be worthless.

A History of AltaVista in which we learn that some lucky chap registered the altavista.com domain name in 1994 and managed to sell it in 1998 for $3.3 million.

As of 1998, it used 20 multi-processor machines using DEC's 64-bit Alpha processor. Together, the back-end machines had 130 GB of RAM and 500 GB of hard disk space, and received 13 million queries per day.

Last edited by Sysman; 16 September 2010, 08:26.
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chef replied

16 September 2010, 08:08
Originally posted by cojak View Post

Altavista's still going???

<toddles off to have a look>

wow, cool and so is babelfish, you remember, that thing people used before google translate
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wobbegong replied

16 September 2010, 07:37
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cojak replied

16 September 2010, 06:47
Originally posted by Platypus View Post

same here, and still dead, now some 10 minutes later.

I used Altavista - been a long time since I did that!

Altavista's still going???

<toddles off to have a look>
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NickFitz replied

16 September 2010, 01:45
Originally posted by Platypus View Post

same here, and still dead, now some 10 minutes later.

I used Altavista - been a long time since I did that!

Nice to know that Bing isn't getting any "traction in the marketplace"

(BTW, why would one even want traction in a marketplace? It sounds like the worst thing to have in a space full of shoppers and greengrocers' stalls.)
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CheeseSlice replied

15 September 2010, 23:05
'tis back.

I think the google web support guy will feel better now they've lowered the revolver from his temple
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Zippy replied

15 September 2010, 23:04
'Tis OK now?
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Platypus replied

15 September 2010, 23:00
Originally posted by AtW View Post

in your (wet) dreams
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Platypus replied

15 September 2010, 22:59
same here, and still dead, now some 10 minutes later.

I used Altavista - been a long time since I did that!
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AtW replied

15 September 2010, 22:58
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CheeseSlice started a topic Google just died

15 September 2010, 22:54
Google just died

Anyone else notice google just died or is it just me?
Been down for 5 minutes

Yahoo must be feeling a spike
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