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iggysick · 03-08-2005, 08:54 PM

Just noticed on one of my domains 700 uniques from altavista for february and I tough "what a fuck?!?". I tought altavista is dead.

Nembrionic · 03-08-2005, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by iggysick

Just noticed on one of my domains 700 uniques from altavista for february and I tough "what a fuck?!?". I tought altavista is dead.

It is, but like every corpse, it keeps on twitching for a bit after it died

iggysick · 03-08-2005, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Nembrionic

It is, but like every corpse, it keeps on twitching for a bit after it died

dawn of the dead for sure

baddog · 03-08-2005, 09:14 PM

they send me quite a few hits . . . I did not know people still used them

mrthumbs · 03-08-2005, 09:14 PM

altavista used to be what google is for me now 6 years ago...

cool1 · 03-08-2005, 09:21 PM

I remember getting great traffic from them years ago.
But I don't see much of it now adays

thaifan99 · 03-08-2005, 09:22 PM

Still sends traffic.........powered by google lol - or is that enhanced?

Spunky · 03-08-2005, 09:24 PM

It's all good

AdultLocals_Max · 03-08-2005, 10:03 PM

Altavista was the bomb in 97-99!

It would take max two days to get indexed.

Kevsh · 03-08-2005, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by AdultLocals_Max

Altavista was the bomb in 97-99!

It would take max two days to get indexed.

True, true. At one time they were considered the "google" of the SE world. My, did they ever drop the ball.

Furious_Female · 03-08-2005, 10:53 PM

babel fish

uno · 03-08-2005, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Furious_Female

babel fish

I still use that almost daily.

sonofsam · 03-08-2005, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by AdultLocals_Max

Altavista was the bomb in 97-99!

It would take max two days to get indexed.

they were my main SE as well

CDSmith · 03-08-2005, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevsh

My, did they ever drop the ball.

Understatement of the decade.

HEARTBREAKER · 03-08-2005, 11:41 PM

altavista is still good but when it comes to traffic nowadays...google and yahoo are the good ones.

pornguy · 03-08-2005, 11:43 PM

I liked alta vista. And they still send me traffic.

Sparks · 03-08-2005, 11:51 PM

I used them all of the time back in the day. Then google came along....

James White · 03-08-2005, 11:53 PM

altavista used to be the shit

axelcat · 03-09-2005, 12:20 AM

altavista made me lots of money

spunkmaster · 03-09-2005, 12:46 AM

altavista and infoseek were the best and they were pretty
good if you wanted to find something you were looking for.

Good for traffic and good for surfing.

Google sucks now if you're looking for something really quick ?

zentz · 03-09-2005, 01:07 AM

hehe hi iggy, i thought you died too

)

theFeTiShLaDy · 03-09-2005, 02:34 AM

nice to hear that iggy! at least it still sending you some traffic.

iggysick · 03-09-2005, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by zentz

hehe hi iggy, i thought you died too

)

heh I almost did. Had a car crash but I am ok now

imafuckingaussie · 03-09-2005, 03:27 AM

word. Altavista was the fucking bomb for me. Anyone remember dmoz? How about hotbot? Used to get a lot of traffic from them. Remember when AOL was as easy as just getting a dmoz listing and waiting for the checks?

BRISK · 03-09-2005, 03:36 AM

I remember using AltaVista in like '96

iggysick · 03-09-2005, 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by BRISK

I remember using AltaVista in like '96

yeah, mee too, thats why I was suprised to see traffic coming from altavista

broke · 03-09-2005, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by imafuckingaussie

word. Altavista was the fucking bomb for me. Anyone remember dmoz? How about hotbot? Used to get a lot of traffic from them. Remember when AOL was as easy as just getting a dmoz listing and waiting for the checks?

hotbot popped into my head too...

quiet · 03-09-2005, 04:05 AM

i remember wwwworm, and goto before it was overture.

Vitasoy · 03-09-2005, 04:08 AM

altavista used to be great. ah the memories.

teksonline · 03-09-2005, 04:14 AM

Yes, altavista use to be the TECH SE of the dawn of the net... then it sold for a ridiculous amount of cash, and burnt into the ground quickly..

I hope google review and learn from this as I am seeing the same changes beginning in google as altavista did before they killed it, the tech searches are becoming way too loose, picking up way too much crap and not doing as well, hopefully they can fix this without bleeding the dam thing too much to impress investors.

money changes everything, there's new search engines on the way now which will take over for google when it goes... start hitting them now!

Gottis · 03-09-2005, 05:50 AM

Google is overrated, soon to be spammed to death. I got higher quality traffic coming from Yahoo and MSN.

killshot · 03-09-2005, 05:57 AM

I used to be a diehard altavista user... then they started to suck bad and even brought out popup ads... I sent them an email saying popups are annoying and their search engine sucks and i am moving to google..

A YEAR later they actually wrote back to tell me they stopped using popups and wanted me to come back

Wiggles · 03-09-2005, 06:20 AM

they were amazing until google, then they had a popup for a bit and then they got bought out or something and totally went garbage.

BaldBastard · 03-09-2005, 06:27 AM

Av was good but the real money was in Excite

Brad Gosse · 03-09-2005, 06:56 AM

I remember being #1 on AV for 'fuck" back in the day. Soooooo many signups ;)

foxylady · 03-09-2005, 08:34 AM

i used to surf that when i was in college... specially when i have a project to rush

jacked · 03-09-2005, 08:38 AM

used to be a good SE guess they just fell off

Barefootsies · 03-09-2005, 08:38 AM

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word. Altavista was the fucking bomb for me. Anyone remember dmoz? How about hotbot? Used to get a lot of traffic from them. Remember when AOL was as easy as just getting a dmoz listing and waiting for the checks?

Yes for a period in time early on, HotBot & Altavista were excellente. Same for the dmoz. But then you got the usual greed that took over, and the tailspin.

nolaman · 03-09-2005, 08:47 AM

infoseek was nice too

TheJimmy · 03-09-2005, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by MrBaldBastard

Av was good but the real money was in Excite

oh hell yeh, excite used to have some rocking traffic as far as money spenders...

I miss those days...if I knew then what I know now, you'd not be reading this text as I'd be retired and playing somewhere else atm...

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03-08-2005, 08:54 PM	#1
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baddog So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: the beach, SoCal Posts: 107,089	they send me quite a few hits . . . I did not know people still used them

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mrthumbs salad tossing sig guy Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: mrthumbs*gmail.com Posts: 11,702	altavista used to be what google is for me now 6 years ago...

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Sparks Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Southern CA Posts: 2,466	I used them all of the time back in the day. Then google came along....

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James White Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Dirty South, Atlanta ICQ# : 191-402-709 Posts: 1,405	altavista used to be the shit

03-09-2005, 12:20 AM	#19
axelcat Adult Locals Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: West Coast Posts: 25,450	altavista made me lots of money

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spunkmaster Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,052	altavista and infoseek were the best and they were pretty good if you wanted to find something you were looking for. Good for traffic and good for surfing. Google sucks now if you're looking for something really quick ?

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03-09-2005, 03:27 AM	#24
imafuckingaussie Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: In the fucking outback Posts: 1,497	word. Altavista was the fucking bomb for me. Anyone remember dmoz? How about hotbot? Used to get a lot of traffic from them. Remember when AOL was as easy as just getting a dmoz listing and waiting for the checks? __________________ You can get it ploughing a paddock, you can get it makin some porn sites, matter of fact I've got it now. For a hard earned thrist, you need a big cold beer.

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BRISK Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,240	I remember using AltaVista in like '96 __________________ I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do, I can tell them that I work with the mentally retarded.

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quiet we'll miss you our friend. RIP Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Fernie, BC Posts: 25,115	i remember wwwworm, and goto before it was overture. __________________ we'll miss you our friend. RIP

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teksonline So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: At My Desk Posts: 2,904	Yes, altavista use to be the TECH SE of the dawn of the net... then it sold for a ridiculous amount of cash, and burnt into the ground quickly.. I hope google review and learn from this as I am seeing the same changes beginning in google as altavista did before they killed it, the tech searches are becoming way too loose, picking up way too much crap and not doing as well, hopefully they can fix this without bleeding the dam thing too much to impress investors. money changes everything, there's new search engines on the way now which will take over for google when it goes... start hitting them now!

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killshot Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OGG / PDX Posts: 456	I used to be a diehard altavista user... then they started to suck bad and even brought out popup ads... I sent them an email saying popups are annoying and their search engine sucks and i am moving to google.. A YEAR later they actually wrote back to tell me they stopped using popups and wanted me to come back __________________

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BaldBastard Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 16,180	Av was good but the real money was in Excite

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