Ars Technica·3 min read·medium
Remembering the pre-Google web, when search was an experiment
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This article reflects on the mid-1990s internet, a time before Google's dominance when search was experimental and fragmented. It highlights how early web discovery relied on human-curated directories, Usenet, and a mix of accidental navigation rather than algorithmic indexing.
’90s Nostalgia Remembering the pre-Google web, when search was an experiment “Most people have completely forgotten how chaotic it really was.”
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