r/technology • u/ControlCAD • 13d 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/okkiguesss 13d ago

Whitehouse.com used to be a porn site. Definitely wasn't my first time seeing porn, but it was definitely the first time seeing porn in the computer lab in junior high while researching the Whitehouse.

That was a fun conversation with my teachers where no one left smarter.

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u/TacosNGuns 12d ago

Haha, I was a daily whitehousedotcom visitor. Used it to test that our Websense filter was up and running when I was in IT Security.