Fazit, AltaVista hat einen Platz in der Zukunft von Yahoo und könnte vielleicht eine Art labs.google für die Yahoo/Overture Gruppe werden."We believe that the AltaVista brand is still very strong, and has come to attract a particular type of user, and it is entirely possible that we may keep the AltaVista site to serve a particular niche of users," Phu Hoang, Yahoo's senior vice president for engineering, told IDG News Service. "I think that there may be opportunity for us to try (on AltaVista) new search features and new capabilities that are a little bit on the edge, that we are not yet ready to show up in the mainstream."