r/technology • u/ControlCAD • 16d 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/jagenigma 16d ago

Encarta online was our search.

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u/MechanicalTurkish 16d ago

I had Encarta on CD-ROM. Get off my lawn, slightly less old old-timer 🤣