aaaaa - 3:51 pm on Feb 22, 2003 (gmt 0)

AN OPEN LETTER TO OVERTURE

Please don't make AltaVista a conduit for Overtures listings - as was done to Go.com and Excite and WebCrawler...
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AltaVista has distinct ranking algorithms and is one of the Few major independant Search Engines - that is not using Google or AlltheWeb...
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Even though Inktomi is still used as a secondary option - for Overture's purchases - We need the uniqueness of AltaVista as an additional search option...
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It has improved dramatically in the past year - Please, Please, Please allow it to continue to innovate...

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