AltaVista (2002) Square Porcelain Fridge Magnet
White / 2" x 2" / Square
$19.99
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AltaVista (2002) Square Porcelain Fridge Magnet
$19.99
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Keep a small reminder of early web discovery close at hand with this AltaVista Square Porcelain Fridge Magnet. AltaVista launched in Palo Alto in 1995, offering a fast crawler and full-text search as the online world expanded. Its rise from a research project to a widely known search service, followed by a changing corporate journey and a 2013 Yahoo Search redirect, makes it a distinctive piece of internet history. A thoughtful collectible for technology fans, nostalgia seekers, and search-engine enthusiasts.
AltaVista was a pioneering web search engine created by researchers at Digital Equipment Corporation to showcase company hardware and make files on its public network easier to find. Based in Palo Alto, California, it publicly launched on December 15, 1995, with a fast web crawler called Scooter and an efficient search database called TurboVista. It offered a full-text, Boolean-searchable index of the World Wide Web, and traffic grew from 300,000 hits on launch day to more than 80 million per day by 1997. Yahoo used AltaVista search results exclusively from 1996 until the arrangement ended in 1998. After Compaq acquired Digital Equipment Corporation in January 1998, AltaVista became part of Compaq. In 1999, Compaq spun off the service, redesigned it as a web portal, and sold 83 percent to CMGI. AltaVista later returned to a search-focused design. Overture Services acquired it in February 2003, and Yahoo acquired Overture in July that year. In June 2013, the AltaVista domain redirected to Yahoo Search.
Keep a small reminder of early web discovery close at hand with this AltaVista Square Porcelain Fridge Magnet. AltaVista launched in Palo Alto in 1995, offering a fast crawler and full-text search as the online world expanded. Its rise from a research project to a widely known search service, followed by a changing corporate journey and a 2013 Yahoo Search redirect, makes it a distinctive piece of internet history. A thoughtful collectible for technology fans, nostalgia seekers, and search-engine enthusiasts.
AltaVista was a pioneering web search engine created by researchers at Digital Equipment Corporation to showcase company hardware and make files on its public network easier to find. Based in Palo Alto, California, it publicly launched on December 15, 1995, with a fast web crawler called Scooter and an efficient search database called TurboVista. It offered a full-text, Boolean-searchable index of the World Wide Web, and traffic grew from 300,000 hits on launch day to more than 80 million per day by 1997. Yahoo used AltaVista search results exclusively from 1996 until the arrangement ended in 1998. After Compaq acquired Digital Equipment Corporation in January 1998, AltaVista became part of Compaq. In 1999, Compaq spun off the service, redesigned it as a web portal, and sold 83 percent to CMGI. AltaVista later returned to a search-focused design. Overture Services acquired it in February 2003, and Yahoo acquired Overture in July that year. In June 2013, the AltaVista domain redirected to Yahoo Search.
| 2" x 2" | |
| Width, in | 2.00 |
| Height, in | 2.00 |
| Depth, in | 0.25 |
Product features
- 2" square porcelain tile with glossy finish
- Superior coating for bright, true-to-design color reproduction
- Vibrant, crisp printing using modern techniques
- Strong magnet mounted on the backside for secure hold
- Durable glossy surface that highlights fine details and contrasts
Care instructions
- Gently wipe the dirt or dust off with a clean, dry microfiber cloth