LOL @ Internet Search Engines That Have Failed...[views:1313][posts:14]_________________________________ [Apr 30,2008 11:40am - xmikex ""] This is the official thread for LOL ing at once high profile internet search engines that have been made obsolete failures but have yet to admit it. lol @ you Lycos lol @ you Hotbot lol @ you Ask Jeeves era of Ask.com Name some more if you can think of them. |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 30,2008 11:40am - RichHorror ""] I actually still use Ask.com from time to time. |
| __________________________________ [Apr 30,2008 11:42am - Martins ""] LOL Altavista |
| __________________________________________________ [Apr 30,2008 11:42am - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] Webcrawler Alta Vista |
| ________________________________ [Apr 30,2008 11:46am - aril ""] LOL @ dogpile.com Hotbot was awesome while it lasted |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 30,2008 11:47am - dreadkill ""] wise nut |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 30,2008 11:53am - xanonymousx ""] clusty.com is a good one. |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 30,2008 12:00pm - sinistas ""] lol @ excite |
| _________________________________ [Apr 30,2008 12:15pm - xmikex ""] alta vista succccccccccccked. I just did a comparison between Lycos and Google. I searched "NEC MT840". Lycos gave me 10 results on the first page, 3 were from nextag.com, and the rest were from pricegrabber, shopping.com, shopzilla.com and other sites that basically regurgitate your search entries back to you ("Great Deals On Anal Fisting!"... "Shop For Nudes Courtney Cox DP Ass to Ass Here!") In one page of google searches I found product specs, user manuals, the company that manufactures them, and where to buy them. |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 30,2008 12:16pm - dreadkill ""] sinistas said:lol @ excitelulz @ excitebike |
| _________________________________ [Apr 30,2008 12:18pm - xmikex ""] RichHorror said:I actually still use Ask.com from time to time. My first day of college a professor was talking about doing research, and said "This is college. We we do research we do not ask Jeeves." 5 years later I'm interviewing for a job, and they asked how my researching skills were. When I asked what they meant the first thing they mentioned was using Google to find images. I could confidently say (after years of being a dick on the internet) that my skills were excellent. |
| _________________________________ [Apr 30,2008 12:20pm - xmikex ""] dreadkill said: sinistas said:lol @ excitelulz @ excitebike I think it'd trust Excitebike, Dig Dug, or Bubble Bobble to find me worthwhile information before I asked Excite.com |
| _________________________________________ [Apr 30,2008 7:16pm - SacreligionNLI ""] i saw a name with a prodigy email address a couple days ago at work |
| _________________________________________ [Apr 30,2008 7:17pm - SacreligionNLI ""] also...metacrawler ftw |
| ________________________________ [Apr 30,2008 8:44pm - xmikex ""] SacreligionNLI said:i saw a name with a prodigy email address a couple days ago at work HAHAHA did you have to email them through dialup on a Crank Prank Time Phone? |