AltaVista, based in Palo Alto, California, was a web search engine. Launched in December 1995, it was the first "full text"/boolean searchable index of the World Wide Web.

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Country: United States
Headquarters: Palo Alto
Inception: 1994

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AltaVista, based in Palo Alto, California, was a web search engine. Launched in December 1995, it was the first "full text"/boolean searchable index of the World Wide Web.

Read the full article →

Country: United States
Headquarters: Palo Alto
Inception: 1994

Where does AltaVista rank?

Services

Greatest Search Engines in Internet History

18 candidates · 0 votes · vote on the order