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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by saracoth on Wednesday April 08 2015, @07:44PM

    by saracoth (3631) on Wednesday April 08 2015, @07:44PM (#167964)

    Starting from Excite, I think I then switched to some meta-search-engine or another, and eventually to Google.

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  • (Score: 1) by lcklspckl on Wednesday April 08 2015, @10:46PM

    by lcklspckl (830) on Wednesday April 08 2015, @10:46PM (#168029)

    Pretty sure that this was my first search engine. I'd forgotten about it. Then Alta Vista because it was so much better. Then I found Yahoo! and it was so much better. Then I was recommended Google, and it was so much better. Now I'm lost. Google has good presentation. I find Yahoo! and Bing to be annoying, but I favor Bing over Yahoo! I tried Blackle as a goof, which of course is Google all dressed in black. Now it's DuckDuckGo when I'm not in a hurry for an image or map.

  • (Score: 2, Informative) by mr_mischief on Saturday April 11 2015, @12:23AM

    by mr_mischief (4884) on Saturday April 11 2015, @12:23AM (#168869)

    There were a few really handy meta-search engines, some of which are still around.

    Metacrawler [metacrawler.com] is now Zoo [zoo.com]. It doesn't search as many places as it used to, but it still combines results from multiple places.

    Dogpile [dogpile.com] is also still around, too, and also by Infospace, LLC.

    Search.com [search.com] used to be part of CNET but CNET is now apparently part of CBS Interactive.

    ixquick [ixquick.com] searches multiple other sites to return results and claims not to store or forward your IP address or other personal information.

    Unfortunately Highway61 appears to be no more. It was my favorite.

    NorthernLights and Magellan were big news in their time. NL took down their public-facing site. Altavista had uncannily good results once upon a time. It was shuffled around after the Digital/Compaq merger, was spun off, sold, and eventually became part of Yahoo.