Re:Altavista: The rise and fall of the biggest pre-Google se...
by takeda on Saturday February 16, 2019 @11:09PM
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> My recollection was that as soon as anyone - but especially techies - tried Google even once they never went back.
> The lack of fresh index surely was a factor but not sure whether it was primary.
I wasn't aware about index back then, but I saw broken links, at that time I thought that was normal, that it takes time to scan the entire Internet. With Google I generally got working websites.
I did like the boolean search in AV, it helped with obscure searches, especially when name was similar to a typo of a popular word.
Re:Altavista: The rise and fall of the biggest pre-Google se...
by james_s_tayler on Saturday February 16, 2019 @05:57AM
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I was like 11 at the time. My IT teacher taught it to us in class. I still remember it. Never went back.
The lack of fresh index surely was a factor but not sure whether it was primary.
Obvious question - why did you not update the index? Was it that it was obvious Google was going to win and made people give up? (edit - never mind - you address this in other comments)