<s>
AlltheWeb	B-Application
(	O
sometimes	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
FAST	O
or	O
FAST	O
Search	O
)	O
was	O
an	O
Internet	B-Application
search	I-Application
engine	I-Application
that	O
made	O
its	O
debut	O
in	O
mid-1999	O
and	O
was	O
closed	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
grew	O
out	O
of	O
FTP	B-Protocol
Search	O
,	O
Tor	O
Egge	O
's	O
doctorate	O
thesis	O
at	O
the	O
Norwegian	O
University	O
of	O
Science	O
and	O
Technology	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
started	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
which	O
in	O
turn	O
resulted	O
in	O
the	O
formation	O
of	O
Fast	O
Search	O
&	O
Transfer	O
(	O
FAST	O
)	O
,	O
established	O
on	O
July	O
16	O
,	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
AlltheWeb	B-Application
started	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
FAST	O
aimed	O
to	O
provide	O
their	O
database	O
to	O
other	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
,	O
major	O
portals	O
,	O
ISPs	O
and	O
content	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
August	O
2	O
,	O
1999	O
,	O
the	O
AlltheWeb	B-Application
database	O
had	O
grown	O
to	O
200	O
million	O
unique	O
URLs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AlltheWeb	B-Application
claimed	O
a	O
few	O
advantages	O
over	O
Google	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
fresher	O
database	O
,	O
more	O
advanced	O
search	B-Application
features	I-Application
,	O
search	O
clustering	O
and	O
a	O
completely	O
customizable	O
look	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2003	O
,	O
FAST	O
's	O
web	B-Application
search	I-Application
division	O
was	O
bought	O
by	O
Overture	B-Application
for	O
$70	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2003	O
,	O
Overture	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Yahoo	O
!,	O
putting	O
AlltheWeb	B-Application
under	O
the	O
ownership	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
acquisition	O
,	O
the	O
AlltheWeb	B-Application
site	O
started	O
using	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
database	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
advanced	O
functions	O
were	O
removed	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
FTP	B-Protocol
search	O
and	O
direct	O
image	O
search	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2006	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
started	O
testing	O
live	O
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
on	O
AlltheWeb	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
4	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
AlltheWeb	B-Application
was	O
shut	O
down	O
by	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
