WOF: What search engine did you use before Google?

[Relic]

Used Altavista mostly until Google came along like many here.

 

[Guest]

Was there a search engine before Google? I'm no spring chicken (I can remember when computers had black screens with orange text and started at "C:" instead of a desktop) but I don't remember anything compelling before Google. I think I knew that Altavista existed but don't actually remember using it.

 

[Guest]

Oh yeah (continued from reply #102) - I think I actually used WebCrawler in the 1990s

 

[Guest]

lycos
altavista
aol
yahoo

 

[Guest]

I have used info.com for years now. I collects the search results from Google, Yahoo. Bing, Ask and About and presents them in a compiled page. It just doesn't make sense to use just one search engine when a metasearch engine like info.com can collect results from multiple search engines for you.

 

[Guest]

Gopher

10 chars.....

 

[Guest]

I'm using Bing more, now that Google is screwing up their results page with unusable mini-instant previews that inadvertently pop-up when I never want them too.
Bing's ok, not the best, but it's cleaner than google.
fyi, I used to use altavista and askjeeves

 

[Guest]

I also used AltaVista but now I actually use compact GooPlusPlus more often than Google. Not only does it include all the Google stuff but also a lot more specific niche search tools.

 

[Guest]

Altavista --------------------------------

 

[Guest]

I can't even remember!!

 

[Rick]

Metacrawler.

 

[DarKSeeD]

Altavista

 

[Guest]

Yahoo! (which my Japanese friends tell me is still more popular than Google in Japan)