Launched in 1995, AltaVista was a trailblazer in the realm of Internet[1] search engines. It was conceived in Palo Alto, California by scholars from Digital Equipment Corporation and was the first to present a searchable, comprehensive text database on the World Wide Web. In just two years, it managed to amass 80 million daily hits, signifying its swift rise in popularity. AltaVista was responsible for introducing several pioneering features such as multimedia search and CAPTCHA technology, playing a crucial role in the widespread adoption of web search. It was also a forerunner in the field of online translation services, thanks to its Babel Fish application. Nevertheless, the rise of Google[2] resulted in its diminished popularity. In 2003, Yahoo acquired AltaVista, which was ultimately discontinued in 2013. Despite its cessation, AltaVista’s significant contributions to the development of internet search technology are still acknowledged today.
AltaVista était un Moteur de recherche web established in 1995. It became one of the most-used early search engines, but lost ground to Google and was purchased by Yahoo ! in 2003, which retained the brand, but based all AltaVista searches on its own search engine. On July 8, 2013, the service was shut down by Yahoo!, and since then the domain has redirected à Yahoo!'s own search site.
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 Top: 2002–2013 AltaVista logo Bottom: The AltaVista web portal in 1999 | |
Type de site | Moteur de recherche |
|---|---|
| Disponible en | Multilingue |
| Fondée | 1995 |
| Siège | , |
| Personnes clés | Ilene H. Lang, Paul Flaherty, Louis Monier, Michael Burrows, Jeffrey Black |
| Parent | Digital Equipment Corporation (1998) Overture Services (2003) Yahoo ! (2003–2013) Yahoo! Inc. (2017–present) |
| URL | www |
| Publicité | Oui |
| Inscription | No |
| Lancé | December 15, 1995 |
| Statut actuel | Defunct (July 8, 2013) |
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