Don_Dickle to Today I [email protected]English • 27 days agoTIL the first Internet search engine was “Archie”, which was created in 1990 by Alan Emtage, a postgraduate student at McGill University in Montreal. It’s still around todayen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1254arrow-down13
arrow-up1251arrow-down1external-linkTIL the first Internet search engine was “Archie”, which was created in 1990 by Alan Emtage, a postgraduate student at McGill University in Montreal. It’s still around todayen.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle to Today I [email protected]English • 27 days agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-square[email protected]linkEnglish49•27 days agoAaaaand it was hugged to death Cool that Lemmy has enough users to DDOS but darn it, I wanted a hit of nostalgia
minus-squareBoozillalinkfedilinkEnglish32•27 days agoGoogle search so bad now, people are trying Archie again. Funny/sad!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•27 days agoCan we revive Alta Vista and Ask Jeeves?
minus-squareDizzy Devil DuckylinkfedilinkEnglish6•26 days agoPretty sure Ask Jeeves is still around, but from what I understand it’s basically useless.
minus-squareDoug HollandlinkfedilinkEnglish2•26 days agoA day later, and it’s still too swamped to let me in… I’ll keep trying, though.
Aaaaand it was hugged to death
Cool that Lemmy has enough users to DDOS but darn it, I wanted a hit of nostalgia
Google search so bad now, people are trying Archie again. Funny/sad!
Can we revive Alta Vista and Ask Jeeves?
The future is HotBot, baby!
Pretty sure Ask Jeeves is still around, but from what I understand it’s basically useless.
Technology is cyclical
A day later, and it’s still too swamped to let me in… I’ll keep trying, though.