130 news & feature articles results for "altavista co ipo search engine"

Despite frenzied speculation of an imminent public offering of the search giant, company co-founder Sergey Brin says he's still casually debating the pros and cons.

Posted by Stefanie Olsen

The company, which runs a directory in which advertisers pay for placement on its search results pages, hopes to raise $70 million.

Posted by Jim Hu

Digital Equipment announces plans to spin off the unit that produces its popular AltaVista Internet search engine in an initial public offering that could yield the company up to $50 million.

Posted by CNET News.com Staff

The AltaVista search site now sells ads, but it remains unclear whether the new revenue will be enough to make the spin-off profitable.

Posted by Christine MacDonald

Betting that it will float the next white-hot Internet IPO, Compaq spins off AltaVista. Meanwhile, Microsoft gets in on the action.

Posted by CNET News.com Staff

Despite signs that the initial public offering market for high tech is heating up, Digital calls off plans to market its AltaVista Internet Software division.

Posted by Dawn Kawamoto

As search engines move from using listings backed by human editors to charging for placement, many people wonder what the future holds for search tools.

Posted by Jim Hu and Stefanie Olsen

Underwriter Lehman Brothers announced that AltaVista's IPO may come in January, according to a Reuters report. AltaVista, a search engine that also designs Internet software, tentatively will trade on the Nasdaq under the symbol "ALTV."

Posted by Paul Festa

After splitting its operations in two and the exit of one of its top executives, will Digital continue to be a dominant Web presence?

Posted by Dawn Kawamoto

Despite a year in development and a $100 million investment, the minor face-lift signals that the company still has a long way to go.

Posted by Stefanie Olsen