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    From Erich Bublitz@1:153/757.2 to All on Wed Nov 10 16:06:14 2021
    Before Google, what did you use for a search engine?

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  • From Richard Miles@2:460/256 to Erich Bublitz on Thu Nov 11 03:08:01 2021
    Before Google, what did you use for a search engine?
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    Alta-Vista, Yahoo, couple of others I can't remember
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  • From Erich Bublitz@1:153/757.2 to Richard Miles on Wed Nov 10 16:10:07 2021


    Alta-Vista, Yahoo, couple of others I can't remember
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    Yeah, Altavista was pretty good. I used it also.

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  • From Jay Harris@2:460/256 to Erich Bublitz on Thu Nov 11 06:42:13 2021
    Before Google, what did you use for a search engine?
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    I used one called Webcrawler. It was nice & clean looking kind of like Google?s front page
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  • From Erich Bublitz@1:153/757.2 to Jay Harris on Wed Nov 10 19:53:32 2021


    I used one called Webcrawler. It was nice & clean looking kind of like Google?s front page
    --- tg BBS v0.7.1
    * Origin: Fido by Telegram BBS from Stas Mishchenkov (2:460/256)


    Do you remember Gargoyle? That was a funny one.

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    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757.2)