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From 1945 to Google 2006: the Complete History of Search Engines

search-marketing.info — Want to know about the history of search? This article covers the search engine wars from As We May Think right through to current day Google.

Who dugg this? Made popular Sep 26, 2006

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  • bobrboob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12When I was your age I had to walk 2 miles in the snow to search through parchment documents using a magnifying glass...
  • michaelothomas, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I can remember in 1996 thinking that Lycos was the most amazing search engine I'd ever seen..it's amazing how far we've come since then...
  • ostracize, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I think the argument can be made that the Dewey Decimal Classification system is the true father of search technology.
  • Topher06, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Thank goodness for global warming, now its just 2 miles uphill without snow!
  • cmiller1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Back in those days I was a hotbot fanatic.
  • therainmaker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Webcrawler was my choice back in the day. I believe our schools all had it set as the default homepage in sweet Netscape Navigator.
  • shosterman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5...and uphill in each direction.
  • axentrix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I really like one of those links;
    http://www.uwtv.org/programs/displayevent.aspx?rID=3898&fID=497

    Like 10 times more interesting :)
  • crilen007, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Yea, by the time you get there and finish your search, the mountains have reformed going the other way.
  • toprank, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1When did you have time to write al this up? Great resource Aaron!
  • Topher06, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Yeah, how Google revolutionized typing a word into an edit box and it lists websites associated with that word, it IS amazing.
  • austindkelly, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Poorly written, a few good links, not very descriptive.
  • frakilk, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Great reading.
  • cmiller1, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1even while you were reading the papers you had to walk uphill!
  • bboser, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Great stuff. Thanks Aaron!
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2Useless and uninformative.
  • aaronwall, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1But isn't it true that you aren't even my age yet?

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