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What was the first search engine you used?
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(Score: 2, Informative) by mr_mischief on Saturday April 11 2015, @12:23AM
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.