AlltheWeb
Web search engine | |
| URL | www |
|---|---|
| Launched | 1999 (as Fast) |
| Current status | Closed, Shut down by Yahoo! |
AlltheWeb (sometimes referred to as FAST or FAST SearchFast Search & Transfer (FAST), established on July 16, 1997.[2]
Traits
When AlltheWeb started in 1999, FAST aimed to provide their database to other search engines, major portals,
ISPs and content sites.[3] By August 2, 1999, the AlltheWeb database had grown to 200 million unique URLs.[3] By June 2002, their crawler had indexed over 2 billion pages.[4]
AlltheWeb claimed a few advantages over Google, such as a fresher database, more advanced search features, search clustering and a completely customizable look.[4][5][6]
Closure
In February 2003, FAST's web search division was bought by
Overture for $70 million.[7] In July 2003, Overture was acquired by Yahoo!, putting AlltheWeb under the ownership of Yahoo!.[8] Shortly after Yahoo!'s acquisition, the AlltheWeb site started using Yahoo!'s database and some of the advanced functions were removed, such as FTP search and direct image search.[citation needed
]
In May 2006, Yahoo! started testing live search results on AlltheWeb.[9]
On April 4, 2011, AlltheWeb was shut down by Yahoo!.[10]
See also
References
- ^ "Short History of Early Search Engines – The History of SEO". www.thehistoryofseo.com. Archived from the original on 2019-01-21. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
- ^ "Gemini No.1 January 1999". NTNU. Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2006-06-18.
- ^ a b "Fast Search & Transfer - World's Biggest Internet Search Engine Goes Online". 1999-11-23. Archived from the original on 1999-11-23. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
- ^ a b "FAST's ALLTHEWEB.COM dethrones Google as the world's largest search engine" (Press release). Fast Search & Transfer. 2002-06-17. Archived from the original on 27 December 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-17.
- ^ "Fast launches ALLTHEWEB.COM Alchemist customized search tool" (Press release). Fast Search & Transfer. 2006-06-25. Archived from the original on 25 December 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-17.
- ^ "AllTheWeb Now A Better Search Experience Than Google". Microdoc News. 2002-06-17. Archived from the original on 2003-07-04. Retrieved 2006-12-17.
- ^ Danny Sullivan. "Overture To Buy FAST Web Search Division". Search Engine Watch. 2003-02-27. Archived from the original on 2003-02-27. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
- ^ "Yahoo! Media Relations - Press Release". 2007-07-08. Archived from the original on 2007-07-08. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
- ^ Sullivan, Danny (2006-05-10). "Yahoo Tests Livesearch On AllTheWeb; Google Patent Problem, Perhaps?". Search Engine Watch. Archived from the original on 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- ^ Rao, Leena (March 18, 2011). "The Sun Will Set For Yahoo's AlltheWeb On April 4". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 13 April 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
External links
- "wayback archive of website". Archived from the original on 1999-10-12. Retrieved 2004-04-23.
- Alltheweb.es search Engine (archived).