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Remembering the pre-Google web, when search was an experiment: “Most people have completely forgotten how chaotic it really was.”
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/remembering-the-pre-google-web-when-search-was-an-experiment/
Ars TechnicaRemembering the pre-Google web, when search was an experimentMost people have completely forgotten how chaotic it really was."
Replying to @sanitation@lemmy.today
Basically, it was as shit then as Google is currently. Actually, it was still slightly better; at least they acknowledged operator signs in the search (+, -, putting phrases in quotes, etc). Google doesn’t even do that anymore.
There was about one legible link on Alta Vista for about 60 links of random garbage that would squawk and squeak and not infrequently freeze your computer.