Alta playing to their strengths...

[NFFC]

"As part of our commitment to search excellence, we have made the difficult decision to phase out several non-search related features of our site..."

More here [tools.altavista.com]

[Mike_Mackin]

.....we have made the difficult decision to......GUT OUR PORTAL - imho

Will be interesting to see the new traffic patterns.

[Marshall Clark]

It's about time! You could barely find the search bar through all that clutter.