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Search Engine Evolution: From Archie to Bing |
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Saturday, 13 June 2009 |
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WebCrawler
Introduced in April 1994 with data from 4,000 Web sites, WebCrawler was arguably the first engine to let users search the entire content of a Web page, not just its URL and description. That, to put it lightly, was a big advance in search engine technology, and it turned the WebCrawler site into a hugely popular destination. Created by University of Washington student Brian Pinkerton, WebCrawler in June 1995 was purchased by AOL, which didn't have search capabilities at the time. Excite bought the company a year later.
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