7 Popular Search Engines Before Google Appears
Nowadays, many search engines to find something on the internet but our brain directly attached to Google. Actually, there are 7 popular search engines before Google appears. Search engine websites first appeared in 1993 and Google was new present in 1998. Using a search engine, we can find much information such as data, files, music, and so on. The following are the popular search engine a long time ago.
WebCrawler
This search engine website was present in 1994 and still exists to this day. Today, the search results of WebCrawler are the result of a joint search of Google and Yahoo.
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| WebCrawler |
Lycos
Lycos as a search engine also presented in the same year as WebCrawler, in 1994 and still is used until today. With an authentic dog logo, Lycos looks more attractive when combined with a dog background as well.
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| Lycos |
AltaVista
AltaVista was a popular search engine in the 90s before it was finally acquired by Yahoo and closed in 2013. This old search engine is still alive maybe it can be developed further by Yahoo.
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| AltaVista |
Excite
Excite was one of the old popular search engines in 1995 before Google was present. After it released, Excite then was defeated by several search engine giants like Google and Yahoo.
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| Excite |
Yahoo
Until now, Yahoo is still trying to develop its search engine in an attempt to beat Google. Today, Yahoo's ranking in Alexa is still ranked 4th as the most visited website.
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| Yahoo |
Dogpile
Dogpile becomes a quite unique and memorable name. This old popular search engine was present in 1996. Now, Dogpile presents the combination search results from Google, Yahoo, and Yandex.
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| Dogpile |
AskJeeves
AskJeeves was present in 1996 by bringing the uniqueness of an old school search engine which presented the search engine websites with a question and answer system. Until finally, this website was changed to Ask.com.
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| AskJeeves |