Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days 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-up1255arrow-down13
arrow-up1252arrow-down1external-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@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareEinarlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·27 days agoWhy not link to it? Here we go: Working online Archie Search Instance
minus-squareWolfdadCigarette@threads.net@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·27 days agoAaaaand it was hugged to death Cool that Lemmy has enough users to DDOS but darn it, I wanted a hit of nostalgia
minus-squareBoozilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·27 days agoGoogle search so bad now, people are trying Archie again. Funny/sad!
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·27 days agoCan we revive Alta Vista and Ask Jeeves?
minus-squareDizzy Devil DuckylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·26 days agoPretty sure Ask Jeeves is still around, but from what I understand it’s basically useless.
minus-squareDoug Holland@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·26 days agoA day later, and it’s still too swamped to let me in… I’ll keep trying, though.
minus-squareLojcslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·27 days agoAnyone wants to explain the niceness selector?
Why not link to it? Here we go:
Working online Archie Search Instance
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.
Anyone wants to explain the niceness selector?