You
know the saying that states that all good things come to an end? Well in the case of
expired search engines, it is safe to say that not all things that came to an
end were great. If as you went through this tutorial you realized there have
been search engines you have not come across in a while, then here is your
answer! They have been retired. Sites such as AltaVista, AskJeeves, Excite, and
many others are no more. And if you are wondering why some of these became
extinct, here are some answers.
AlltheWeb, March 25, 2004
- AlltheWeb is still
out there, it's not the same search engine. Many of the advanced
search features have disappeared. Its database has been replaced
with a version of the Yahoo! search engine
database. Actually, searching the same database at Yahoo! often brings
more results than searching it at AlltheWeb.
AltaVista, March 31, 2004
- AltaVista although very popular
in its beginnings, within a few years, however, it had morphed into a
combination search engine/subject directory and lost its sharp search
focus. Recently, it returned to its origins, presenting a clean,
uncluttered interface with attractive colors but since it became one of
Yahoo’s acquisitions, it ended up the same way as AlltheWeb.
Ask Jeeves / Teoma, February 2006
- Ask Jeeves the purpose was for
it to answer simple questions but because of that it was soon overshadowed
better systems such as google because of how limited it was.
Other Dead Search Engines
- Ask Jeeves
- Deja.com
- Direct Hit
- Excite
- Excite News
- Go
- Infoseek
- InvisibleWeb.com
- Flipper
- iWon
- Lycos
- Magellan
- MessageKing
- NBCi (formerly Snap)
- Northern Light
- Openfind
- Teoma
- WebCrawler
- WebTop
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