Post #4436765
2026-08-07 11:02 UTC
Remembering the pre-Google web, when search was an experiment
"Most people have completely forgotten how chaotic it really was."
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/remembering-the-pre-google-web-when-search-was-an-experiment/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Replies (3)
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@Laukidh@infosec.exchange 2026-08-07 14:21
@arstechnica@mastodon.social AltaVista was fine, I’d rather have that
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@trisweb@m.trisweb.com 2026-08-07 11:05
@arstechnica@mastodon.social it wasn’t chaotic, it was organic and intentional.
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@Xavier@infosec.exchange 2026-08-07 11:09
@arstechnica@mastodon.social My dad had a small notebook that he carried around in his front pocket. Any time he saw a new URL in newspapers, magazines, books., he would write it down. That's how we discovered new web sites.