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happystuff
9-27-21, 9:42am
Well, Google used the word "birthday" on its search page. I just really didn't think it had been around this long, but then it doesn't surprise me that it has.

I do enjoy the Google Doodles. :)
catherine
9-27-21, 12:39pm
So that would have been around 1998--when I was transitioning to market research analyst. I remember back then there were a number of search engines--for some reason I remember our IT guy preferring Dogpile. Little by little Google dominated, but it wasn't a flashy entrance at all, so that's probably why it's hard to think about it being around as long as it has.
JaneV2.0
9-27-21, 5:07pm
I was introduced to it in a class in 2000; I use Duck Duck Go most of the time now.
ToomuchStuff
9-28-21, 9:47pm
Trying to remember what came between Alta vista and Google, LOL. While I prefer Duckduckgo now, there are times that Google does do a better job.
happystuff
9-29-21, 10:09am
Is Duckduckgo just a search engine? Have heard the name only.
ToomuchStuff
9-29-21, 10:14am
Is Duckduckgo just a search engine? Have heard the name only.

No, they have a browser for Android, that competes with the Brave browser.
JaneV2.0
9-29-21, 10:19am
It's a search engine that doesn't track/monetize you:

https://duckduckgo.com/about
happystuff
9-29-21, 10:28am
Thanks, TMS and Jane. Will be looking into this.