I don't think a great name helped "search.com", which was owned by CNet[5] at the time and has probably been handed off countless times since. I think I starte

I don't think a great name helped "search.com", which was owned by CNet[5] at the time and has probably been handed off countless times since. I think I started using google back around '99, and what I recall is first noting that compared to competitors[1][3][4], Google's home page was very clean.[2] So while the search results were objectively better, that initial experience set my expectations. [1]: https://web.archive.org/web/19990225143054/http://www.altavista.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/19990225143054/http://www.altavi... [2]: https://web.archive.org/web/19990221160537/http://www.google.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/19990221160537/http://www.google... [3]: https://web.archive.org/web/19990225111300/http://www2.askjeeves.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/19990225111300/http://www2.askje... [4]: https://web.archive.org/web/19990208021747/http://yahoo.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/19990208021747/http://yahoo.com/ [5]: https://web.archive.org/web/19990208010139/http://search.cnet.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/19990208010139/http://search.cne...