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Re:Is Google’s 20-year search dominance about to end? by squiffsquiff on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @05:23PM (#34716325)
It was an honest attempt on the crawlers' part and it was a more level playing field. If you didn't find what you wanted on lycos, you could look on Yahoo or Alta Vista or WebCrawler or something instead. For a time there were meta Search engines that allowed you to search other search engine amalgamated results.
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Re:Is Google’s 20-year search dominance about to end? by emodendroket on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @05:25PM (#34716370)
Yeah, you had your choice of several awful results and everyone couldn’t shut up about how good Google was when it was available. If people mean “Google used to be better” I’m willing to entertain the idea, but you’re out of your mind if you miss using Altavista and Dogpile.
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Re:Is Google’s 20-year search dominance about to end? by squiffsquiff on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @05:27PM (#34716407)
You're comparing Google how it was then. Not how it is now
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Re:Is Google’s 20-year search dominance about to end? by emodendroket on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @05:34PM (#34716502)
With Google right now I find what I am looking for almost all of the time. I can’t say that about the golden oldies you’re praising.
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