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Who dominated search before Google?

Discussion in 'Google' started by yonghoshin, Jul 30, 2008.

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  1. Brandon Sheley

    Brandon Sheley Illustrious Member

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    #41
    yahoo and aol?
     
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    Moabubaker Member

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    Agreed, it was Yahoo
     
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    Salsa_Boy Peon

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    #43
    Yahoo was always about "media"searching. For example, if I wanted to find something about an actress or singer I would use Yahoo. For homeworks I would use Altavista.
     
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    zangief Well-Known Member

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    #44
    My first search engine was lycos , after that infoseek.com came and at last altavista was the revolution :)
    Then one they one of my friends told me that there was a new player that had a good database of russian sites it was google.
     
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    awatson Active Member

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    Probably yahoo and alta vista. But don't think either had as much of the market as google. I remember being impressed with AltaVista back in the pre-google era.
     
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  6. traitorworld

    traitorworld Banned

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    #46
    i think it was ask.com
     
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    #47
    I used Webcrawler in the early days of the web, but Altavista and Yahoo right before Google.
     
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    tattoos Prominent Member

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    #48
    Lol, wasn't till you mentioned it, that I remembered it (vaguely). after looking a the archives them memories came back, especially the "Search before you surf" slogan..
    Seems they are still around, but now search the search engines.

    I also remember when Compuserve finally gave in and opened up to the rest of the internet.. but I can't remember what I used to search them. I am sure it will come to me..

    Cheers
    James
     
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    yahoo, then came Google :)
     
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    #50
    MSN was never anything. Always playing catch-up but never had any real traction since the beginning.

    Before Google, Altavista was the go-to search engine. Yahoo was huge as a directory but their search engine was never that great.
     
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    #51
    I would use Altavista ... It had the capability to becdoem teh next google but it missed. Bablefish translation was also with them and if I am not mistaken they had an iumage search as well which was excellent.
     
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    stevetalk Peon

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    #52
    as i read !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!yahoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
    stevetalk, Aug 2, 2008 IP
  13. angilina

    angilina Notable Member

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    #53
    I think Yahoo, but at that time not many people used search engines or internet :)
     
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    #54
    lol, i don't remember using a search engine too often in the days back then, but if i remember correctly i also used yahoo. or altavista. but i think yahoo was the king back then.
     
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    microbrain Banned

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    #55
    Now Google Master's everything .. I hardly search on Yahoo or Msn .. Google is quite specific for me and I love google !!

    Regards,
    MB
     
    microbrain, Aug 2, 2008 IP
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    Yahoogle :)
     
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    #57
    Lots of people I know used to use Yahoo before Google. Before Yahoo, Altavista seemed to be the popular one. I read that in 1996, Altavista provided search results for Yahoo.
     
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    I would say yahoo!
     
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    Rituja Peon

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    #59
    Before 1998 Yahoo was Godfather...........
     
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    #60
    I think yahoooooo
     
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