Editing AlltheWeb (section)

==Closure==
In February 2003, FAST's web search division was bought by [[Yahoo! Search Marketing|Overture]] for $70 million.<ref>Danny Sullivan. {{Cite web|url=https://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/03/02-fast.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030227001438/https://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/03/02-fast.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2003-02-27|title=Overture To Buy FAST Web Search Division|date=2003-02-27|accessdate=2018-11-27| website=[[Search Engine Watch]]}}</ref> In July 2003, Overture was acquired by [[Yahoo!]], putting AlltheWeb under the ownership of Yahoo!.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/release1102.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708055621/http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/release1102.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-07-08|title=Yahoo! Media Relations - Press Release|date=2007-07-08|access-date=2018-11-25}}</ref> Shortly after Yahoo!'s acquisition, the AlltheWeb site started using Yahoo!'s database and some of the advanced functions were removed, such as [[File Transfer Protocol|FTP]] search and direct image search.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}

In May 2006, Yahoo! started testing live search results on AlltheWeb.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://searchenginewatch.com/sew/news/2058903/yahoo-tests-livesearch-on-alltheweb-google-patent-problem-perhaps|title=Yahoo Tests Livesearch On AllTheWeb; Google Patent Problem, Perhaps?|last=Sullivan|first=Danny|date=2006-05-10|website=[[Search Engine Watch]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424021442/http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/060510-085525|archive-date=2009-04-24|access-date=2019-02-10}}</ref>

On April 4, 2011, AlltheWeb was shut down by Yahoo!.<ref>{{cite web |first=Leena |last=Rao |title=The Sun Will Set For Yahoo's AlltheWeb On April 4 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/03/18/the-sun-will-set-for-yahoos-alltheweb-on-april-4/ |publisher=[[TechCrunch]] |date=March 18, 2011 |access-date=April 6, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110413154027/http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/18/the-sun-will-set-for-yahoos-alltheweb-on-april-4/| archive-date= 13 April 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref>