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Who else remembers the first time they visited google.com? I was on a 56k dial up connection, but the page loaded so quickly. This was during a period I was u

by bfuller 10y ago

Who else remembers the first time they visited google.com? I was on a 56k dial up connection, but the page loaded so quickly. This was during a period I was used to pages taking 20+ seconds to load, and the google homepage loaded almost instantly. In fact, just for fun, I went to google.com on my new laptop with ssd and 16 gig of ram using the latest version of chrome, and maybe it is through rose tinted glasses, but it seems like the first time I visited google using my dial up connection it loaded a lot "snappier" than it does today.

acobster 10y ago
I was in 7th grade when my teacher recommended a few search engines to our class. I had been using Alta Vista up until that time, and I noticed right away that Google's results were somehow better... Anyway, Google's pretty snappy for me just now, and I'm on a so-so connection.
guessmyname 10y ago
Most if not all the ISP companies in my home country used to ask you to access google.com while troubleshooting connectivity issues. They would eventually assume your Internet was working as expected if at least Google loaded. Recently they changed the strategy and now use Internet speed tester which come with the requirement to have Flash installed and enabled. Many people in my country still believe that Google == Internet so I am pretty sure that if Google stops serving for whatever reason here the majority of people will get cut out of the Internet because they don't understand how to use the address bar. I have even seen people accessing google.com just to put facebook.com in the search form instead of simply typing that domain in the address bar, I cringe every time.
CaptSpify 10y ago
remember this? http://aautar.digital-radiation.com/blog/uploaded_images/google_vs_yahoo.jpg http://aautar.digital-radiation.com/blog/uploaded_images/goo... I think google's backend is starting to look like yahoo's front-end. IME, their sites are getting slow and bloated.
importantbrian 10y ago
I remember when I discovered Google. Suddenly class research papers became so much easier. Google results were just so good and so fast. I remember almost having a hipster sense of superiority when I learned that someone was using Yahoo or Alta Vista and had never heard of Google. I felt like it was my secret weapon.
e12e 10y ago
I don't have a clear memory of when I first visited Google, but I do remember using going from Alta Vista to Metacrawler, until gradually (still rather quickly) Google ended up consistently yielding good enough results that Metacrawler became redundant.
sotojuan 10y ago
A little off-topic but in 2011 I had an Asus Eee PC with a super slow processor and like 2GB of RAM (later 4). While the tiny screen sucked, I used to chat on Facebook, watch YouTube, post on Tumblr, etc with no problem. Now plenty of websites make my Macbook's fans start.

by bfuller 10y ago

acobster 10y ago

I was in 7th grade when my teacher recommended a few search engines to our class. I had been using Alta Vista up until that time, and I noticed right away that Google's results were somehow better... Anyway, Google's pretty snappy for me just now, and I'm on a so-so connection.

guessmyname 10y ago

Most if not all the ISP companies in my home country used to ask you to access google.com while troubleshooting connectivity issues. They would eventually assume your Internet was working as expected if at least Google loaded. Recently they changed the strategy and now use Internet speed tester which come with the requirement to have Flash installed and enabled. Many people in my country still believe that Google == Internet so I am pretty sure that if Google stops serving for whatever reason here the majority of people will get cut out of the Internet because they don't understand how to use the address bar. I have even seen people accessing google.com just to put facebook.com in the search form instead of simply typing that domain in the address bar, I cringe every time.

CaptSpify 10y ago

remember this? http://aautar.digital-radiation.com/blog/uploaded_images/google_vs_yahoo.jpg http://aautar.digital-radiation.com/blog/uploaded_images/goo... I think google's backend is starting to look like yahoo's front-end. IME, their sites are getting slow and bloated.

importantbrian 10y ago

I remember when I discovered Google. Suddenly class research papers became so much easier. Google results were just so good and so fast. I remember almost having a hipster sense of superiority when I learned that someone was using Yahoo or Alta Vista and had never heard of Google. I felt like it was my secret weapon.

e12e 10y ago

I don't have a clear memory of when I first visited Google, but I do remember using going from Alta Vista to Metacrawler, until gradually (still rather quickly) Google ended up consistently yielding good enough results that Metacrawler became redundant.

sotojuan 10y ago

A little off-topic but in 2011 I had an Asus Eee PC with a super slow processor and like 2GB of RAM (later 4). While the tiny screen sucked, I used to chat on Facebook, watch YouTube, post on Tumblr, etc with no problem. Now plenty of websites make my Macbook's fans start.