AltaVista

|  | Information Research Services | Updated: 03 October 1997

|  |  |  |  | AltaVista is the most advanced information search and indexing technology available for the World Wide Web. The software conducts the most comprehensive search of the entire Web text at speeds up to 100 times faster than spiders used in conventional information search services. At left is Louis Monier, lead engineer for the project.