I don't remember the exact year but I remember first reading about Google in a slashdot thread where someone was extolling its virtues. I was using either webcr

I don't remember the exact year but I remember first reading about Google in a slashdot thread where someone was extolling its virtues. I was using either webcrawler or metacrawler at the time; it's difficult to remember. I also don't remember if Google became my homepage that day if it took a few days before it stuck, but it was a very fast transition.