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AltaVista Advanced Changes & New URL

AltaVista has changed the look and URL of their advanced search. The new URL is altavista.com/sites/search/adv and there are a couple main changes that I have noticed:

  • The Boolean box no longer is a multiple line (as in big) box, but is a regular single line form box.
  • The date limit has a new, pre-set time frame drop down option.

A few general changes on all AltaVista Searches:

  • Results are no longer numbered
  • Each search box also has links to the other two search options: Search Assistant, Basic Search, and Advanced Search. The Search Assistant is the new name for their Power Search
  • All records seem to have the 'More pages from this site' note at the end, even if there is only one page from the site and even when the Advanced or Power search is used without checking the 'one result per site' box.

Dated Apr 30, 2001 in AltaVista


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