You appear to be remembering Google publishing their 2001 search index that was briefly available in October 2008: https://www.cnet.com/news/who-were-you-in-20

You appear to be remembering Google publishing their 2001 search index that was briefly available in October 2008: https://www.cnet.com/news/who-were-you-in-2001-check-googles-old-index/ https://www.cnet.com/news/who-were-you-in-2001-check-googles... Extremely useful thing, I wonder how the legal side of things was managed, even for such a short exposure.