Making money is a respectable internet-based endeavor, but sometimes even the most devoted pursuers of that goal should know when enough is a enough. AltaVista seems to have finally figured that out. Their paid placement scheme tried and tried again, but either because of too little advertiser interest, or too much readership objection (I prefer the second option) the idea has been trashed, and a public announcement to that effect has been posted. The announcement can be found where the previous ad campaign was located, but of course I've archived a copy as well.

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