Comment How much is AltaVista worth? (Score 1) 28
According to doubleclick.net, which is who leases out the ad space on AltaVista, it gets 1.4 Billion hits per month, which breaks down to something like 46 million per day on average? You can actually check out the price of advertising(and the hit average on listed links) of Altavista at ..
http://www.doubleclic k.net/advertisers/ad_rates/altavista.htm
.. But because of the pricing structure it's impossible to say what their income from it may be. Even if the profit on ad's on their site were marginal, say, one tenth of a cent per hit, thats still 1.4 Million a month. Not to mention the deals they have with RealNames, Shopping.com, and the sales from the search engine.
http://www.doubleclic k.net/advertisers/ad_rates/altavista.htm
.. But because of the pricing structure it's impossible to say what their income from it may be. Even if the profit on ad's on their site were marginal, say, one tenth of a cent per hit, thats still 1.4 Million a month. Not to mention the deals they have with RealNames, Shopping.com, and the sales from the search engine.
