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Last Checked Dec. 29, 2021

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Thu Dec 16 18:52:57 +0000 2021

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Ajit Pai @AjitPai

OTD in 1995, Alta Vista launched. One of the 1st successful Web search engines, it went from 300K hits on its 1st day to >80M by 1997 and was the 11th most visited website in 1998. But it steadily lost ground in the early 2000s, primarily to Google, finally shutting down in 2013. https://t.co/kb3ULV1u01 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 16, 2021

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Ajit Pai @AjitPai

"There will be a very disrespectful and totally non-denominational memorial. ... The family requests absolutely zero privacy or propriety, ... and in fact encourages you to spend some government money today ... on a cheap cruise to find our inheritance." https://t.co/TLqTbPUpan — PolitiTweet.org

Adam Bonin @adambonin

This one's a classic. HT: @thatbillysmith "There will be much mourning in the many glamorous locales she went ban… https://t.co/7XUtfGahhB

Posted Dec. 16, 2021

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Ajit Pai @AjitPai

@HighTechForum Indeed. Per this 1995 NYT article, DEC first "made [it] available to the Web-browsing public at no charge," and "[i]t is expected that Alta Vista will draw large crowds to Digital's Web site and act as a showcase for Digital's own Internet products." https://t.co/RwO1aRMtrM — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 16, 2021

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