AltaVista is consistently one of the largest search engines on the web, in terms of pages indexed. Its comprehensive coverage and wide range of power searching commands makes it a particular favorite among researchers.
Advertisers can also pay to be listed higher within the service.
AltaVista opened in December 1995. SubmitWolf Pro If you found this site through a search engine or directory, it was most likely due to the fine work that HTG has done with their custom submission of our web site. We quickly found that just submitting the pages wasn't going to be enough to get noticed in the ever-growing lists. Since HTG began their work, we have achieved these top ten placements. We're looking forward to the results for the other engines.