http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?&ReleaseID=180196

Broder's research to date has focused mainly on the design, analysis, and implementation of algorithms and supporting data structures, in particular in the context of Web-scale information retrieval and applications.

Previously, Broder was a Distinguished Engineer and the CTO of the Institute for Search and Text Analysis at IBM Research. Prior to this he was vice president for research and chief scientist at the AltaVista Company, reporting directly to the CEO. He was also a senior member of the research staff at Compaq's Systems Research Center in Palo Alto. He graduated summa cum laude from Technion, the Israeli Institute of Technology, and obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in computer science at Stanford University under Don Knuth.

 

 

Broder was the chief scientist at AltaVista from 1999 into early 2002.   This is an important footnote because AltaVista was the choice among professional Searchers because of its relatively huge database (for that time) although there was a lot of Spam - you would eventually find almost everything you needed.  One interesting factor in its' Algos was the AGE of a site -the older the better, helping it tremdously in the SERPs.

Around 2001 there was a sudden sharp decrease in relevancy, although there were less spam sites to search through.

What is of grave concern is HOW did the "Google" of its day be allowed to atrophy to what is now a Yahoo afterthought?

Here is an archived chapter about AltaVista History:
http://web.archive.org/web/19980210160743/www.altavista.digital.com/av/content/about_our_story.htm

Oh those innocent days when Search Engines and SEO was young..

Let's Take a stroll though history...

c'mom...

http://www.ericward.com/yahoo.txt

http://web.bilkent.edu.tr/History/yahoo/

http://web.archive.org/web/19960511013133/http://www.altavista.digital.com/

http://web.archive.org/web/19961022175327/http://msn.com/

http://battellemedia.com/images/google1998-1.jpg

Former Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton have begun the Bush and Clinton Katrina Fund -http://www.bushclintonkatrinafund.org/ . A Website was created with the help of several Web site development organizations -                          http://www.bushclintonkatrinafund.org/index.php?src=gendocs&link=Site%20Cre... .

The two have previously worked together fundraising for the Tsumani disaster -  http://www.bushclintonkatrinafund.org/index.php?submenu=About&src=faq&c... .

Former Vice President Al Gore last week chartered a flight to assist moving 120 victims to buses.

Former President Jimmy Carter has helped create "Operation Home Delivery," along with Habitat for Humanity to help in the rebuilding and relocation of the affect areas and the victims.http://www.habitat.org/newsroom/2005archive/insitedoc010602.aspx