1.   AltaVista is best known for its Internet search service, considered one of the most powerful available.

2.   Alta Vista, the popular search service that has its origins in the research labs of Digital Equipment Corp., is putting a special twist on channels.

3.   And Disney is combining its Internet assets with Infoseek, a Web search service.

4.   Based in Mountain View, Calif., Excite is an Internet search service that competes with Yahoo, Lycos and Infoseek.

5.   Besides, search services miss a lot.

6.   Bidders Edge Inc. is one of several Internet auction search services.

7.   Both deals involve substantial network TV promotion for the search services.

8.   Both men say they had spent years looking for one another, through professional search services and the Internet.

9.   A dogfight over a Labrador retriever has landed Internet search service Lycos in federal court.

10.   A number of other auction search services have made such an arrangement, but Carney has refused.