Don_Dickle to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months 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-up1254cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
arrow-up1254external-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 Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square15fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-squareWolfdadCigarette@threads.netlinkfedilinkEnglish48•3 months 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•3 months agoGoogle search so bad now, people are trying Archie again. Funny/sad!
minus-square@Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish13•3 months agoCan we revive Alta Vista and Ask Jeeves?
minus-squareDizzy Devil DuckylinkfedilinkEnglish6•3 months agoPretty sure Ask Jeeves is still around, but from what I understand it’s basically useless.
minus-squareDoug HollandlinkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months 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.