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blackmonsters · 01-23-2011, 06:38 PM

They started out really good, but their search results got spammed into irrelevance
right at the time that google emerged.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/21401...ie.html?tk=out

~Ray · 01-23-2011, 06:42 PM

great program for it's time

Chosen · 01-23-2011, 07:28 PM

I used Altavista frequently in the 90s...

Coup · 01-23-2011, 07:37 PM

just fucking great. looks like im going to have to find a new web search. anyone know of any good ones?

AzteK · 01-23-2011, 07:47 PM

Astalavista.com!

kane · 01-23-2011, 07:54 PM

I'm a little shocked they are still around. I haven't used them in years, but when I first got started I used to hammer them with sites I had built and would get all kinds of great traffic from them.

Chosen · 01-23-2011, 08:23 PM

There are still couple of good search engines left:
Hotbot.com
Excite.com

xenigo · 01-23-2011, 08:28 PM

I used to have the #1 result in AltaVista for the term "Radio Controlled Airplanes"

TCLGirls · 01-23-2011, 08:28 PM

as long as Lycos is still around I can be happy

kane · 01-23-2011, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xenigo

I used to have the #1 result in AltaVista for the term "Radio Controlled Airplanes"

For about 48 hours back in 2000 I had the #1 spot for "teen porn" that was a fun 48 hours. I lost it after 2 days and was never able to repeat it.

GetSCORECash · 01-23-2011, 08:37 PM

I use it as it shortcut to bablefish. I guess I'll have to google it...

xenigo · 01-23-2011, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kane

For about 48 hours back in 2000 I had the #1 spot for "teen porn" that was a fun 48 hours. I lost it after 2 days and was never able to repeat it.

What kind of traffic did that result in? And what kind of sales? That was back before the time I even knew what 'monetization' or 'traffic' meant...

pr0phet · 01-23-2011, 09:41 PM

I had 4 out of the top 5 keywords for porn
Free porn
Free xxx
Free Porno
Free pussy

I made a ton of money off Alta vista 99ish

chaze · 01-23-2011, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blackmonsters

They started out really good, but their search results got spammed into irrelevance
right at the time that google emerged.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/21401...ie.html?tk=out

They where my favorite for a long time. But once Google came out they where quickly obsolete.

To be honest is not all that, there can be a much better searching system, someone just needs a couple million to make it happen.

d-null · 01-23-2011, 10:09 PM

I remember always typing in altavista.digital.com

I could type it so fast I never even bothered to use a bookmark, just typed it in like that, subdomain and all

2MuchMark · 01-23-2011, 10:17 PM

I used to use Altavista and Infoseek all the time before Google. They were great when they first started but they got ripped to shreds by spamdexers. The quality of their search results just got worse and worse.

xenigo · 01-23-2011, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d-null

I remember always typing in altavista.digital.com

I could type it so fast I never even bothered to use a bookmark, just typed it in like that, subdomain and all

Yes... yes... welcome to the club.

$5 submissions · 01-23-2011, 10:35 PM

On to the next crop of SEs....

Anyone else getting lots of traffic from duckduckgo? I guess it depends on your category/niche...

BaldBastard · 01-23-2011, 10:35 PM

Altavista days were fun ;P

Don't forget Google was just as spammable when it first came out if not more so, its a pity the money from converting searchers into porn members went out the door. Google right now is the easiest its been to rank in years, but I find adult terms aren't worth the effort anymore, way easier gold elsewhere.

kane · 01-24-2011, 12:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xenigo

What kind of traffic did that result in? And what kind of sales? That was back before the time I even knew what 'monetization' or 'traffic' meant...

The traffic was decent if I remember correctly, but the sales were really nice. I was using a recurring sponsor for that site so I don't know exactly how much I made off it but my ratio was around 1:60 so it worked out pretty nicely

xenigo · 01-24-2011, 12:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kane

The traffic was decent if I remember correctly, but the sales were really nice. I was using a recurring sponsor for that site so I don't know exactly how much I made off it but my ratio was around 1:60 so it worked out pretty nicely

So are we talking in excess of $3000 per day or what?

kane · 01-24-2011, 12:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xenigo

So are we talking in excess of $3000 per day or what?

It was probably about that total for both days. May have been a little more once all the rebills ran their course.

strobi · 01-24-2011, 12:29 AM

I still get altavista traffic! Damn :-(

Was using this before google...

DWB · 01-24-2011, 02:48 AM

Adapt or die.

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