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  1. WinXPert TechSpot Booster Posts: 525

    i've also used webferret for a while but that was after google.

    FYI google's search engine was formerly called backrub
    WinXPert, Feb 5, 2011
    #61

  2. SNGX1275 TS Special Forces Posts: 11,891   +117

    Mostly hotbot, sometimes lycos.
    SNGX1275, Feb 5, 2011
    #62

  3. Guest

    I used Altavista until about a year after Google came out. Stuck with Google ever since.
    Guest, Feb 5, 2011
    #63

  4. siiix Newcomer, in training Posts: 29

    yahoo and occasionally altavista and msn... how can google just be 80% right now ? its not that google is that great, its more like the others are completely useless, cant see anyone using anything else at the moment
    siiix, Feb 5, 2011
    #64

  5. Guest

    Oh lawd, that was so long ago. Dogpile, I think? I remember some more like Jeeves, Alta Vista, and InfoSeek, but Dogpile sticks out the most in my memory.
    Guest, Feb 5, 2011
    #65

  6. yukka TechSpot Paladin Posts: 547

    Yahoo first. If I didnt find what I needed there I went to Altavista. That was around 1996/7 when I first got on the internet. I changed to google around 2000. It was less to type in :)
    yukka, Feb 5, 2011
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  7. TitoBXNY Newcomer, in training Posts: 84

    I used Hotbot and Yahoo. Then Google changed the world. Bing seems ok, but i still Google.
    TitoBXNY, Feb 5, 2011
    #67

  8. LNCPapa TS Special Forces Posts: 3,946   +120

    Altavista and Dogpile
    LNCPapa, Feb 5, 2011
    #68

  9. Technochicken TechSpot Paladin Posts: 900

    Ask Jeeves for me. That was probably the first thing on the internet I used.
    Technochicken, Feb 5, 2011
    #69

  10. T77 TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 315

    i got my first pc in 2002 and since then i use only google and i didnt know of any other alternative back then.:p
    T77, Feb 6, 2011
    #70

  11. ET3D TechSpot Paladin Posts: 787   +10

    AltaVista.
    ET3D, Feb 6, 2011
    #71

  12. unrealmp3 Newcomer, in training Posts: 49

    AltaVista
    unrealmp3, Feb 6, 2011
    #72

  13. taimuraly TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 100

    I used Altavista too. So far after scanning the comments I have counted about 25 users of Altavista (including the Author) that switched to Google =)
    taimuraly, Feb 6, 2011
    #73

  14. Guest

    altavista until '04 or so then google. also used to use babelfish quite frequently until '08 or so when google translate became a better option for me. now it's still google although I hate it when I travel to a new country and can't get out of local language (i do know the fix, but it's still frustrating)
    Guest, Feb 6, 2011
    #74

  15. Guest

    used yahoo! before but they show a lot of information
    i really don't care about.

    so i switched to google where everytime i load the homepage,
    it will only show the logo and the search bar...
    Guest, Feb 6, 2011
    #75

  16. Guest

    Astavista, hotbot and in the end copernic multi search search engines software that combined results from all search search engines that ware then online
    Guest, Feb 6, 2011
    #76

  17. NickV Newcomer, in training

    DogPile and MSN
    NickV, Feb 6, 2011
    #77

  18. Guest

    The public library.
    Guest, Feb 6, 2011
    #78

  19. Chazz TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 533   +35

    I think my search engine progressions was something like. Yahoo-->Google-->Bing/Google(with most of my searching being done on bing)
    Chazz, Feb 6, 2011
    #79

  20. emmzo TechSpot Member Posts: 51

    Yahoo and mostly AltaVista, as lots of people I see here and wondering why it failed.
    emmzo, Feb 6, 2011
    #80
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