When did you start using Google?

[BMW!]

Originally Posted by ///Metak

Whats Google?

i just found out about google today

[vAnt826]

I find that Yahoo has better matches then Google.

For example, when you search N52 in Yahoo and Google.

[badfish]

Originally Posted by The_Blob

Before Google, Altavista was king. Now, Altavista is weak as heck compared to Google.

I think Google might end up as a Altavista if they don't start taking out crap search results out of their searches. Anyone here notice that a lot of the times, your final search page results for Google has a lot of unrelated crap that's more related to ads?

Altavista was awesome. There was a very powerful feature I liked to use which was the NEAR search. What it did was allow you to search for a word near another word. So someone who might want to search on E92 M3 Brembo might get a million hits, but if you used the near function ie e92 near m3 near brembo those words would have to appear closer together and it lessened the amount of junk results you would get.

The other thing Google has going for it is the large number of systems doing all of its work. Altavista used a supercomputer model which doesn't scale as well.

[AndrewAZ]

Back when macs could connect to the internet.. So about 1999ish. Yea long time ago, but still seems like yesterday. I guess gmail has probably been out for a few years also but it seems like just yesterday.

['Cane]

From the beginning.

[mPlasticDesign]

Originally Posted by iatacs19

Google it.

Seriously tho, I use both and they often return very diffeerent results.

[OC Guy]

99?

[Revlis]

Originally Posted by The_Blob

I started using Google in the Summer of 1999. I heard about it while watching morning news and they interviewed a Computer Science professor named Richard Rosenberg. He recommended several search engines and one of them was Google. I never heard of it, but after using it for some searches, I was totally blown away by its powerful accurate searches and its performance and during that time, ad free searches.

After that, I said, goodbye to my favourite search engines Altavista and Yahoo.

Yeah Pretty Much. Buddy of mine is a hardcore systems/infrastructure guy. He's always on top of what's new and cool. He pointed me to Google around the same time, 1999.

It pretty much makes every other search engine superfluous. I own Stock, I'm a happy guy.

[Revlis]

Originally Posted by vAnt826

I find that Yahoo has better matches then Google.

For example, when you search N52 in Yahoo and Google.

Umm... No not really, "better" is a completely subjective term but there is nothing more accurate, more poignant, or more appropriate about Yahoos results.

[Expired]

In the 3rd or 4th grade.. so around 9-10 years ago??

-Nathan

[Neurorad]

I used Dogpile metasearch until Google came out.

[Kiemyster]

Originally Posted by iatacs19

I hate when people talk out of their asses.

What you said is incorrect, Yahoo has their own search algorithms or methods.

In 2000 Yahoo made a deal with Google to have their search "powered" by Google, but that agreement/licensing has ended long ago.

http://www.google.com/googlefriends/alert2_2000.html

think about it. hes not talking out of his ass. hes right in a way. thats exactly what he implied, that it was just like google. you only backed him up by saying it is powered by google, strengthening his point that there is no reason to use yahoo anyways.

this may be the only time in history that i actually side with the_blob. dont get used to it.

ohh and ive been using google since 2002, prior i use to use altavista.

[Dragonman4]

Originally Posted by Neurorad

I used Dogpile metasearch until Google came out.

+1

First started using google around '99 - '00 when I was in Comp sci class in high school. Before that, Dogpile.

[b335i]

Can't remember when I started using google. It seems like it has been forever, I did used to use altavista though
I have a gmail account....I came across this site, has anyone else read it?

http://www.gmail-is-too-creepy.com/

[quest556]

Originally Posted by Neurorad

I used Dogpile metasearch until Google came out.

+1

Also, for me, Google returns more relevant and less commerical meterial on my searches that Yahoo.

[PaulBailey@ltbmw]

Originally Posted by badfish

Altavista was awesome. There was a very powerful feature I liked to use which was the NEAR search. What it did was allow you to search for a word near another word. So someone who might want to search on E92 M3 Brembo might get a million hits, but if you used the near function ie e92 near m3 near brembo those words would have to appear closer together and it lessened the amount of junk results you would get.

The other thing Google has going for it is the large number of systems doing all of its work. Altavista used a supercomputer model which doesn't scale as well.

Wow that sounds awesome. I used alta vista back then but dont think i knew about this.
Google doesn't offer anything like this??