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• US online search giant Yahoo adds text translation service

  - 2006-04-27

  SAN FRANCISCO AFP — US Internet search engine Yahoo has added AltaVista's translation service Babble Fish to its menu of online services, the company announced. The Yahoo Babel Fish service was capable of translating as many as 150 words at a time in 38 language combinations. Website pages could...

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• World Trade Center selects AltaVista search software for international trade portal.

  - 2001-04-02

  M2 PRESSWIRE-2 April 2001-ALTAVISTA: World Trade Center selects AltaVista search software for international trade portal C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02042001 AltaVista Company today announced that the World Trade Centers Association WTCA has selected AltaVista Search Engine 3.0 to enable...

  Tags: AltaVista Co., INTERNET, Portals, software, World Trade Center

• Short View - Company Business and Marketing - Brief Article

  - 2000-10-02

  AltaVista announced plans to cut 25 percent of its workforce, hoping to reach profitability by the end of January 2001. AltaVista also plans to move away from competing with media portals and focus on strengthening its Internet search technology. The company, which was acquired last spring by CMGI for $2.3...

  Tags: AltaVista Co., INTERNET, marketing, NBCi, Portals, SEARCH

• Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive to Join Radiate Internet Roundtable

  - 2000-09-21

  Business Editors and High-Tech Writers Radiate Internet Roundtable Leading Content Provider to Participate in Audience Measurement Roundtable with AltaVista, Motorola, MediaMetrix, Nielsen//NetRatings, Inc., OgilvyOne, Arbitron, DoubleClick, PCData, AdForce, Aberdeen Research Group and Radiate MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 21, 2000 Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive WPNI is...

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• MSGi Appoints Stephen J. Killeen President

  - 2000-07-12

  Business & High Tech Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--July 12, 2000 Former Alta Vista Executive to Lead MSGi Internet Group and M&A Initiatives Marketing Services Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSGI), an Internet and integrated marketing services industry leader, today named Stephen J. Killeen, 38, President, effective immediately. In...

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• CrossCommerce Attracts Industry Leaders to Establish Advisory Board;

  - 2000-05-24

  Business Editors & High Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--May 24, 2000 Senior Executives from AltaVista, IBM [NYSE:IBM], FAC/Equities, META Group, and QRS Corporation [NASDAQ:QRSI] Bolster Company's Market Intelligence CrossCommerce, the industry's first E-Merchandising Service Provider, announced today that the company has established an advisory board...

  Tags: AltaVista Co., e-business, E-business/E-commerce, IBM Corp., INTERNET, META Group Inc., Strategy

• REPEAT/CMGI Announces Record Second Quarter Revenues of $153.5 Million; Internet Segment Revenues Grow 2,251% over Prior Year Second Quarter and 35% over Preceding Quarter

  - 2000-03-09

  Business/Technology Editors REPEATING...due to garbled headline ANDOVER, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 9, 2000 Summary: Operating revenues grow 294% over prior year second quarter and 24% over Q1 2000 Company continues to build successful Internet operating model with completion of nine acquisitions; with an additional four...

  Tags: AltaVista Co., CMGI Inc., Company, Engage Technologies Inc., FINANCE, INTERNET, Investment, IPO, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., NaviSite Inc., Portals, READERS, revenue

• Boston.com Teams Up With AltaVista; Region's Top News and Information Web Site Forms Alliance With Leading Web Search Site

  - 1999-12-13

  BOSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 13, 1999-- Boston.com (http://www.boston.com) announced today an alliance with AltaVista, the leading Internet search site at http://www.altavista.com. Joining AltaVista's Syndicated Search Program will enable Boston.com to offer AltaVista's premier search capabilities to its information-seeking users. The AltaVista search box will appear on every page of Boston.com. ...

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• Reaction to CMGI AltaVista Buy Cautiously Positive

  - 1999-07-01

  Investment bank Merrill Lynch ML has praised Compaq Computer Corp's deal with CMGI Inc over its web search engine AltaVista. "We believe selling AltaVista makes sense because it was suffocating inside Compaq," writes VP Steve Milunovich. "The laundry list of content and service partnerships that CMGI's...

  Tags: AltaVista Co., CMGI Inc., Compaq Computer Corp., FINANCE, INTERNET, IPO, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., SEARCH

• The Hyperbolic Tree Moving From `Emerging Technology' to Mainstream

  - 1999-04-05

  PALO ALTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 5, 1999-- AltaVista Company Adopts the Award-Winning Hyperbolic Tree making it available for main stream computer users Inxight Software, Inc., a Xerox (NYSE:XRX) New Enterprise Company, today announced that AltaVista Company is the newest customer of Inxight's Hyperbolic Tree. The...

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