Altavista Names New CEO, Cuts Staff

[Brett_Tabke]

AltaVista Names New CEO, Cuts Staff [us.news2.yimg.com]:

AltaVista, the struggling Internet search service owned by CMGI Inc (Nasdaq:CMGI - news), Monday appointed James Barnett as its Chief Executive Officer, but also slashed its staff by 30 percent in its latest effort to reign in costs.

[IanTurner]

Hmm wonder whether it will prompt a database update?

They have been stagnent for months.

[starec]

Thier DB integration and update speed is outragous. 30% staff cut probably will probably just mean more delays...

[NFFC]

From the same article:

According to data from Jupiter Media Metrix, AltaVista has slipped from the 14th most visited Web property in May, to number 50 today.

[Brett_Tabke]

Ouch! I had no idea they had dropped that far.

[minnapple]

IMHO Alta has made yet another blunder by alienating another cash source.

I did a side by side comparison with AltaVistas Express Inclusion Service and Inktomi's Inclusion plan.

To date I have yet to see any payback with Alta's placement plan and have not paid for a second Inclusion.

On the otherhand I am aggressively promoting Inktomi's to my clients as a value added expense.

Hello Alta . .

[bigjohnt]

Get another slab ready at the DotCom Morgue...

[roleli]

I think you are right, Altavista is dying... of note however is that a saw some submission finally appear in their results.

Maybe the giant could rise again.