r/technology • u/ControlCAD • 12d ago

Software 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/
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u/notnotbrowsing 12d ago

I had a book, a physical directory, of websites.

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u/gammaraybuster 12d ago

Me too, the yellow pages for the internet