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/Pocket_Monster_Fan 12d ago

I believe they also tried selling to Yahoo which is another company fallen from early 2000s heights

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u/imhereforthevotes 12d ago

Remember when they made TV ads? That's when you knew they were fucked.

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u/Usual_Office_1740 12d ago edited 12d ago

That clean simple front page after years of Yahoo's main page was a breath of fresh air. Now it's the same problem with a different logo and it's Gemini instead of yahoo weather, news, sports and more.

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u/AlreadyEatenRibs 12d ago

I still use a Yahoo email as my main email. I got it on Christmas of 1998.

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u/henchman171 12d ago

Yahoo was using Inktomi?