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Re:Google removes Pirate Bay domains from search results cit... by CountDrewku on Thursday December 02, 2021 @09:25AM (#29416476)
Nah HotBot and AskJeeves didn't have a problem back in the day. Google sounded just as ridiculous when it came out.
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Re:Google removes Pirate Bay domains from search results cit... by m10i on Thursday December 02, 2021 @11:22AM (#29418171)
I'd argue that HotBot is a lot more catchy since 1) it rhymes, 2) it's shorter in length.

AskJeeves would also be abbreviated in conversation to just "Jeeves", which is definitely as the original creators intended. "DuckDuckGo" doesn't have these features going for it.

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Re:Google removes Pirate Bay domains from search results cit... by iso1631 on Thursday December 02, 2021 @09:41AM (#29416685)
Dogpile
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Re:Google removes Pirate Bay domains from search results cit... by jachee on Thursday December 02, 2021 @10:06AM (#29417012)
Lycos.

Bing.

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Re:Google removes Pirate Bay domains from search results cit... by Isthatablackgsd on Thursday December 02, 2021 @11:00AM (#29417812)
Excite.

AltaVista.

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Re:Google removes Pirate Bay domains from search results cit... by adolph on Thursday December 02, 2021 @11:22AM (#29418169)
Veronica

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_(search_engine)

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Re:Google removes Pirate Bay domains from search results cit... by Fnoord on Thursday December 02, 2021 @10:35AM (#29417397)
With the blink of an 'y', Hotbot was one letter away from something completely different. Although the term NSFW was yet to be invented back then.
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Re:Google removes Pirate Bay domains from search results cit... by soylentcola on Thursday December 02, 2021 @11:31AM (#29418320)
One of my first exposures to "typo squatting" was when I accidentally typed in "hotbat" in the early 2000's. It led to some generic porn site with a girl in a tight tshirt holding a baseball bat as a splash image. No other real connection to the name as far as I could tell. Just a run of the mill (for the time) paid porn site.
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Re:Google removes Pirate Bay domains from search results cit... by iso1631 on Saturday December 04, 2021 @09:42AM (#29441100)
In another universe, search is run by Hotboy.com, with its hotmale.com email system
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