Pre-Google search engines were pretty hit or miss, you were better off finding a relevant webring and clicking 'next' until you found a page that had what you w

Pre-Google search engines were pretty hit or miss, you were better off finding a relevant webring and clicking 'next' until you found a page that had what you wanted. I used Infoseek, WebCrawler when it would load, ditched Infoseek for Lycos, ditched Lycos for Excite. I used AltaVista semi-frequently from 95 up to 2000 or 2001 when I'd almost entirely switched to Google. I'm fairly certain I've used Yahoo to search EXCLUSIVELY for when I was checking search rankings for my own page and never for anything else. I remember the first time I saw a video clip, the first time I saw a gif, the first time I saw a still image on a website. I remember having to redial multiple times to get connected during high demand times. I remember IRC (still use it daily). I remember MUDs (still play one weekly, that I played starting in 97 or 98 and it still has 10-15 people on whenever I log on). I remember the dial-up handshake, in fact I recorded it and it has been my ringtone since 2004.