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Search Before Google Computer Science 49S

This article provides a historical overview of search engines before Google, including innovations, mistakes, and limitations. The focus is on Archie, Veronica, Wanderer, WebCrawler, AltaVista, Lycos, Excite, and Yahoo.

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Search Before Google Computer Science 49S

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  1. Search Before GoogleComputer Science 49S Chris Rwabukamba February 1 2007

  2. Searching Before Google Briefly describe search engines before Google • Innovations • Mistakes

  3. Archie and Veronica • First internet search engines • Similar architecture to today’s search engines • Crawled sources, index, search interface • Limitations Had to know file name and address Lacked semantics

  4. Archie and Veronica • Who do you think used these type of search engines? And why? • Only users techs and academics

  5. Wanderer and WebCrawler • index as many sites as possible • Links to a site • What are some limitations of having search engines that just focus on indexing as many sites a possible? Too much junk not enough substance

  6. AltaVista • Came from DEC • Google of its era • Objective to give publicity for DEC • Biggest Index

  7. AltaVista Mistakes • Could not generate money from search • Could not keep up with the PC business • Only used first generation search

  8. Lycos • Originated from CMU • InnovationsAnalysis of anchor text to get better meaning of existing page • Mistakes Continued to expand but lacked technology to keep up

  9. Excite • Created by 6 Stanford Alumni • First search engine to transcend classic keyword search • Statistic analysis of word relationships • Hypersearching the Web

  10. Excite Other Innovations: • My Excite • Free e-mail Mistakes Veered away from search

  11. Yahoo • Stanford engineering students • Crawled Internet sites to help win basketball fantasy league What made Yahoo different from other search engines? What was Yahoo’s main objective?

  12. Yahoo Innovations: • What’s hot • Hubs Why is Yahoo still one of the top search engines today?

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