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by konfusinomicon 998 days ago
hotbot! now there's a name I haven't heard in a while! that was the first search engine I used regularly. it was the perfect place to find warcraft 2 cheats and magic the gathering deck ideas
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It actually felt like one of the better pre-Google engines.
It was actually quite good, and I didn’t get the Google hype at the beginning.
you could always Ask Jeeves if you were looking for things too.
I used to prefer Dogpile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogpile
Lycos anyone? :)
Search in Spitfire BBS or Galacticom anyone?

:-)

Askjeeves...
You guys with your newfangled stuff. Archie FTW! :D
psst, look 3 replies up </hangsHeadInShame>