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  • BlueWire
    Confirmed User
    • Nov 2004
    • 4628
    #1

    What ever happend to the search engine , Web Crawler?

    When i first starting surfing the web way back when it was the most popular....

    Now i'm surprised that there is still even a website up there...bad marketing? poor product? What happend to them...they were sitting on a gold mine and fucked it up somehow
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    • BRISK
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      • Feb 2003
      • 12240
      #2
      the most popular?
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        • BlueWire
          Confirmed User
          • Nov 2004
          • 4628
          #3
          Originally posted by BRISK
          the most popular?

          I dont have usage statistics or anything...but all the school computers where i was had it as a start page...all my friends had it as theirs....it seemed to be THE SE

          Anyone have usage statistics dating back to early 90's

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            • fireorange
              Confirmed User
              • Jan 2005
              • 1648
              #4
              I use Altavista

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                • pornguy
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                  • Mar 2003
                  • 62910
                  #5
                  I think that it was bought out. But not sure about that. Check google.
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                    • nico-t
                      emperor of my world
                      • Aug 2004
                      • 29901
                      #6
                      yea i used it also alot, altavista and webcrawler

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                        • BlueWire
                          Confirmed User
                          • Nov 2004
                          • 4628
                          #7
                          Originally posted by pornguy
                          I think that it was bought out. But not sure about that. Check google.

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                            • sonofsam
                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                              • Dec 2004
                              • 18648
                              #8
                              i remember it being the biggest also.. that and altavista... but webcrawler used to list the results really wierd... like the hun.. just a bunch of links and a SHORT description
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                                • Sosa
                                  In Tushy Land
                                  • Oct 2002
                                  • 40149
                                  #9
                                  I always used altavista back in the day.

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                                    • JSA Matt
                                      So Fucking Banned
                                      • Aug 2003
                                      • 5464
                                      #10
                                      what about hotbot? lol

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                                        • BlueWire
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Nov 2004
                                          • 4628
                                          #11
                                          I also remember when it was trendy and knowledgable to be using Google...

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                                            • nico-t
                                              emperor of my world
                                              • Aug 2004
                                              • 29901
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by BlueWire
                                              I also remember when it was trendy and knowledgable to be using Google...
                                              apparently they were right

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                                                • uno
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                                                  • Dec 2002
                                                  • 18450
                                                  #13
                                                  Didn't AOL buy them? That would explain its decline.

                                                  Back in the mid 90's I used metacrawler!
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                                                    • TheSenator
                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                      • Feb 2003
                                                      • 13330
                                                      #14
                                                      Yeah, Web Crawler was the best during my college years 94-00
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                                                        • ry0t
                                                          So Fucking Banned
                                                          • Feb 2003
                                                          • 4160
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by JSA Matt
                                                          what about hotbot? lol

                                                          I was a hotbot person. I also used webcrawler and lycos.

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                                                            • Sly
                                                              Let's do some business!
                                                              • Sep 2004
                                                              • 31380
                                                              #16
                                                              I remember hearing about Google from my librarian, had to be sophomore year. She thought she was THE SHIT knowing about this great new search engine that will change the Internet as we knew it. Guess she was right! Haha.

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                                                                • Jamie
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Apr 2001
                                                                  • 2517
                                                                  #17
                                                                  webcrawler I believe was owned by go2net which got bought out by Infospace about 5 years ago.

                                                                  INSP had a habit of ruining everything they touched
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                                                                    • Jamie
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                                                                      • Apr 2001
                                                                      • 2517
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Infoseek was the hottest SE back in the day

                                                                      Instant inclusion after you submitted... god damn those were the days!
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                                                                        • Serge Litehead
                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                          • Dec 2002
                                                                          • 5190
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Originally posted by Jamie
                                                                          Instant inclusion after you submitted... god damn those were the days!
                                                                          Coming back soon in the search engine near you!

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                                                                            • webcrawler
                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                              • Aug 2004
                                                                              • 2692
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Just checked it now : http://www.webcrawler.com/ and is still working fine.
                                                                              Imagine being the top SE in the early 90s and now most people think it doesn't exist anymore.

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                                                                                • NaughtyRob
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                                                                                  • Nov 2004
                                                                                  • 29602
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  I used HotBot for a long time.
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                                                                                    • JSA Matt
                                                                                      So Fucking Banned
                                                                                      • Aug 2003
                                                                                      • 5464
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      Originally posted by webcrawler
                                                                                      Just checked it now : http://www.webcrawler.com/ and is still working fine.
                                                                                      Imagine being the top SE in the early 90s and now most people think it doesn't exist anymore.
                                                                                      imagine naming yourself after a search engine, nice cameo

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                                                                                        • 4Pics
                                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                                          • Dec 2001
                                                                                          • 7952
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          Actually Webcrawler was bought by Excite, and they ran it into the ground.

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                                                                                            • Dalai lama
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                                                                                              • Jul 2004
                                                                                              • 16540
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              Use google.com

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                                                                                                • Hinc
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                                                                                                  • Oct 2004
                                                                                                  • 2577
                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  altavista was my fav too....but webcrawler used to be quite competitive too, guess that stopped.
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                                                                                                    • Violetta
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                                                                                                      • Jul 2004
                                                                                                      • 28735
                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      I loved the webcrawler... used it all the time!
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                                                                                                        • xxxice
                                                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                                                          • Feb 2002
                                                                                                          • 5042
                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          I just thought about them recently. Someone on the board has that as a nickname. Maybe they know ?

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                                                                                                            • webcrawler
                                                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                                                              • Aug 2004
                                                                                                              • 2692
                                                                                                              #28
                                                                                                              Originally posted by vanderweb
                                                                                                              I just thought about them recently. Someone on the board has that as a nickname. Maybe they know ?
                                                                                                              Sorry, no connection from them.

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                                                                                                                • webcrawler
                                                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                                                  • Aug 2004
                                                                                                                  • 2692
                                                                                                                  #29
                                                                                                                  Originally posted by JSA Matt
                                                                                                                  imagine naming yourself after a search engine, nice cameo
                                                                                                                  Am I breaking any rule?

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                                                                                                                    • Brad Gosse
                                                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                                                      • Jan 2002
                                                                                                                      • 2616
                                                                                                                      #30
                                                                                                                      I remember using webcrawler in the mid 90's and it was THE search engine to be listed on.

                                                                                                                      I had my fist site listed on webcrawler and it made me lot's of cash.
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                                                                                                                        • polish_aristocrat
                                                                                                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                                                          • Jul 2002
                                                                                                                          • 40377
                                                                                                                          #31
                                                                                                                          Originally posted by webcrawler
                                                                                                                          Sorry, no connection from them.
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