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Its unfortunate that some people didn't see, or don't remember, this transition. It was literally going from something that just plain didn't work, to magic. T
by tolmasky 15y ago
Its unfortunate that some people didn't see, or don't remember, this transition. It was literally going from something that just plain didn't work, to magic.
The memory that stands out in my mind was typing in 3 or 4 words from a song I heard on the radio, appending "lyrics" and having Google know what I was talking about. It stands in my mind as one of those "this is the future" moments. We take it for granted now, but this new normal of never missing out on information, because you can just google it, really did start with Google in my opinion.
- Samuel_Michon 15y agoWhen Google started out, I could get way more relevant results from using a combination of Yahoo, Hotbot and AltaVista. Later on, Google got better and I switched because I could get satisfactory results from just one search engine. You didn't have to think about which search engine to use for which query -- Google was good enough. Nowadays, I wouldn't miss Google Search if it disappeared; I get more relevant results from DuckDuckGo.