Editing AlltheWeb

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| launch_date      = {{start date and age|1999}} (as Fast)
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'''AlltheWeb''' (sometimes referred to as '''FAST''' or '''FAST Search'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehistoryofseo.com/The-Industry/Short_History_of_Early_Search_Engines.aspx|title=Short History of Early Search Engines – The History of SEO|website=www.thehistoryofseo.com|access-date=2019-02-03|archive-date=2019-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121213229/http://www.thehistoryofseo.com/The-Industry/Short_History_of_Early_Search_Engines.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>) was an Internet [[Search engine (computing)|search engine]] that made its debut in mid-1999 and was closed in 2011. It grew out of ''FTP Search'', Tor Egge's doctorate thesis at the [[Norwegian University of Science and Technology]], which he started in 1994, which in turn resulted in the formation of [[Fast Search & Transfer]] (FAST), established on July 16, 1997.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ntnu.no/gemini/1999-01/36.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905154655/http://www.ntnu.no/gemini/1999-01/36.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2012-09-05 | title=Gemini No.1 January 1999 | publisher=NTNU | access-date=2006-06-18 }}</ref>

==Traits==
When AlltheWeb started in 1999, FAST aimed to provide their database to other search engines, major portals, [[ISPs]] and content sites.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fast.no:80/company/press/twbs02081999.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991123023343/http://www.fast.no/company/press/twbs02081999.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1999-11-23|title=Fast Search & Transfer - World's Biggest Internet Search Engine Goes Online|date=1999-11-23|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref> By August 2, 1999, the AlltheWeb database had grown to 200 million unique [[URL|URLs]].<ref name=":0" /> By June 2002, their crawler had indexed over 2 billion pages.<ref name="PR2002-06-17">{{cite press release | publisher=Fast Search & Transfer | date=2002-06-17 | url=http://www.fastsearch.com/press.aspx?m=63&amid=1383 | title=FAST's ALLTHEWEB.COM dethrones Google as the world's largest search engine | access-date=2006-12-17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061227221338/http://fastsearch.com/press.aspx?m=63&amid=1383 | archive-date=27 December 2006 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

AlltheWeb claimed a few advantages over Google, such as a fresher database, more advanced search features, search clustering and a completely customizable look.<ref name="PR2002-06-17" /><ref>{{cite press release | publisher=Fast Search & Transfer | date=2006-06-25 | url=http://www.fastsearch.com/press.aspx?m=63&amid=1371 | title=Fast launches ALLTHEWEB.COM Alchemist customized search tool | access-date=2006-12-17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061225152111/http://fastsearch.com/press.aspx?m=63&amid=1371 | archive-date=25 December 2006 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | date=2002-06-17 | url=http://www.microdocs-news.info/newsGoogle/2003/06/25.html  | title=AllTheWeb Now A Better Search Experience Than Google | journal=Microdoc News | access-date=2006-12-17 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030704024758/http://www.microdocs-news.info/newsGoogle/2003/06/25.html |archive-date = 2003-07-04}}</ref>

==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>

==See also==
*[[List of search engines]]

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.alltheweb.com |title=wayback archive of website |access-date=2004-04-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991012045638/http://alltheweb.com/ |archive-date=1999-10-12 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190711123810/https://www.alltheweb.es/ Alltheweb.es] search Engine (archived).

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