# Yet another crack at Internet History -- as you relate to it... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 17, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-crack-at-internet-history-as-you-relate-to-it/743426 "2016-01-17T18:20:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-crack-at-internet-history-as-you-relate-to-it/743426/1 "2016-01-17T18:20:46Z")
Here are a few earlier threads that I’m aware of where the issue of Internet History is a major component of the discussion: ======================================== > **[We met on our computers](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=153861)** > > Over my old Commodore 64, in the days of BBS’s, I met the man who became my husband. Today, New Year’s Day, we are celebrating our seventeenth wedding anniversary. Both of us think that we knew each other much better because of the time we spent in... Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) We met on our computers #1 01-01-2003, 06:43 PM Zoe #35 08-06-2013, 06:11 AM PookahMacPhellimey > **[What was YOUR first web experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=621895)** > > Much more interesting (and less googlable) than “What was the first website?”, is “What was yours?” I clearly remember reading about this World Wide Somethin’ Or Other. I asked a techie friend about it, and he told me about… The Trojan Room Coffee... Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) What was YOUR first web experience? #1 08-25-2011, 11:29 PM digs #68 08-31-2011, 01:12 PM Shadowfyre > **[How long have you been a "Message Board" person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=637736)** > > Public poll. Counting the years before “the internet” (let’s say early 90’s and the World Wide Web anyway) when it was local dial-up bulletin boards or other modem-oriented connections with other personal computers, how long have you been a... In My Humble Opinion (IMHO) How long have you been a “Message Board” person? #1 01-08-2012, 08:51 AM Zeldar #60 01-14-2012, 06:55 PM Gagundathar > **[What's the oldest internet meme you can remember seeing/hearing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=713300)** > > For reference (and memory-joggers) see Internet meme. I can’t be sure if it was the guy in the cubicle smashing his keyboard and knocking his monitor out into the hallway or the chimp poking his finger in his ass and then sniffing it and falling off... Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) What’s the oldest internet meme you can remember seeing/hearing? #1 01-16-2014, 01:17 PM Zeldar #104 01-27-2014, 03:27 AM brujaja > **[Pre-Poll Survey -- "Social Media"](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=718391)** > > Before constructing a poll to take the pulse of the SDMB fanbase in terms of the outlets of “social media” available to anybody with the requisite equipment (from semaphore flags to super computers and personal communications satellites) I want to... In My Humble Opinion (IMHO) Pre-Poll Survey – “Social Media” #1 03-15-2014, 09:50 AM Zeldar #33 03-18-2014, 12:27 AM Zeldar > **[Your place in Computer History](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=726014)** > > Using any of these websites (or any others you can find) as memory joggers, tell us a little about your own personal history with computers ============================================== Computer Timeline http://evolutionofcomputers.edublogs.org/ ... In My Humble Opinion (IMHO) Your place in Computer History #1 06-15-2014, 09:45 AM Zeldar #48 06-22-2014, 02:10 PM Andy L ======================================== Join in on any of those threads where you feel comfortable or **HERE** if there’s another angle worth pursuing. Some helpful (?) links to add to the noise… > **[List of websites founded before 1995](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_founded_before_1995)** > > The first website was created in August 1991 by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN, a European nuclear research agency. Berners-Lee's WorldWideWeb browser was made publicly available that month. The World Wide Web began to enter everyday use in 1993–4, when websites for the general public started to become available. By the end of 1994, the total number of websites was still minute compared to present figures, but quite a number of notable websites were already active, many of which are the precursors or [What is the oldest website on the Internet that still is online?](https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=A0LEVx88c5pWw1oASPhXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEyNGE2dmlwBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwM0BHZ0aWQDQTAxOTZfMQRzZWMDc3I-?qid=1005123002558&p=oldest%20website%20on%20the%20internet) > **[History of the World Wide Web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_World_Wide_Web)** > > The World Wide Web ("WWW", "W3" or, simply, "the Web") is a global information medium which users can access via computers connected to the Internet. The term is often mistakenly used as a synonym for the Internet, but the Web is a service that operates over the Internet, just as email and Usenet do. The history of the Internet and the history of hypertext date back significantly farther than that of the World Wide Web. > Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web while working at CERN in 1989.... [How old is the internet? Whats the oldest website on the internet?](https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=A0LEVx88c5pWw1oASvhXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEyM2U4cGdoBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMzBHZ0aWQDQTAxOTZfMQRzZWMDc2M-?qid=1006031609454&p=oldest%20website%20on%20the%20internet) > **[History of the Internet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet)** > > The history of the Internet has its origin in information theory and the efforts of scientists and engineers to build and interconnect computer networks. The Internet Protocol Suite, the set of rules used to communicate between networks and devices on the Internet, arose from research and development in the United States and involved international collaboration, particularly with researchers in the United Kingdom and France. > Computer science was an emerging discipline in the late 1950s that b... > **[17 Ancient Abandoned Websites That Still Work](https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53792/17-ancient-abandoned-websites-still-work)** > > The golden age of dial-up is over, but these Internet fossils will make you feel like it’s 1996 all over again. > **[dailygyan.com is for sale | HugeDomains](https://www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=dailygyan.com)** > > Secure the right domain name for your business or website today. Custom tailored payment plans available to fit any budget. > **[Social media](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media)** > > Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities and networks. While challenges to the definition of social media arise due to the variety of stand-alone and built-in social media services currently available, there are some common features: > The term social in regard to media suggests that platforms are user-centric and enable communal activity. As such, social media ca... [Zen and the Art of the Internet – A Beginner’s Guide to the Internet, First Edition, January 1992](http://www.cs.indiana.edu/docproject/zen/zen-1.0.html) **Add more such links if you have them!** ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-crack-at-internet-history-as-you-relate-to-it/743426/2 "2016-01-18T15:39:23Z")
Here’s a possible topic to explore. I don’t recall a similar discussion thread on it. Other than [Bing vs. Google vs. Yahoo](http://www.pcworld.com/article/165749/Game_On_Bing_vs_Google_vs_Yahoo_Feature_Smackdown.html) which Search Engine do you use most often? Are there others even more preferable to you? Do you use all three for different searches depending on the specifics of what you’re looking for? In my case, it was Yahoo! from the very start and I have remained a loyal user in spite of some real complaints over the years. I do have the other two at the top of the page in my Favorites Bar and do occasionally resort to them if the Yahoo! Search leaves me with questions or hopes for a better hit. Others I have used in the past, and still do in situations where the _ **BGY** _ team doesn’t get me what I’m hoping to find, are: Dogpile Lycos Mamma Excite WebCrawler and others to a lesser extent – or I just don’t remember their names… ========================== What am I missing here? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-crack-at-internet-history-as-you-relate-to-it/743426/3 "2016-01-19T01:23:51Z")
Hotbot was my go to. It had an easy graphic interface for “exact phrase” or “all words.” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-crack-at-internet-history-as-you-relate-to-it/743426/4 "2016-01-19T02:46:08Z")
> [@seal\_cleaner](#): > > Hotbot was my go to. It had an easy graphic interface for “exact phrase” or “all words.” I just looked at it and I’d like to give it a shot to try it out. What’s something to search for that would put it through its paces?