Google, Circa 2001

An anonymous reader writes "If you have 10 minutes to spare, take a look at an archive that Google has posted to mark the company's 10th anniversary. The search engine and its results are based on data from 2001, but it's interesting to see what turns up when popular 2008 terms are entered. For instance, iPod generates a reference to Image Proof of Deposit Document Processing System, and the 771 Barack Obama results centered around his duties as an Illinois State Senator."

Comments

Re:Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac HOLY CRAP

[LWATCDR]

Well there where articles about the lowering of the credit requirements causing problems going back to 1999.

Re:Subtle political trolling

[Enderandrew]

It isn't a dig against Obama. It merely contrasts how the results back then are completely different from today's results. How is that slandering him?

Re:Nice to see what's missing

[xtracto]

others that came on the top of my head:

katrina was Katrina Leskanich

gmail was "a linux (unix) email client for the Gnome desktop."

Re:Nice to see what's missing

[Martin Blank]

To be fair, that is from a grand jury indictment, and a statement in an indictment isn't necessarily a proven fact. That it got past the grand jury suggests little more than that the grand jury believed the chances of it were high enough to turn over to trial; without transcripts, there's no way of knowing how strong their belief may have been.

Wikipedia -- 42143900% Increase in Results!

[donniejones18]

Google Jan 2001:
Results 1 - 10 of about 681 for wikipedia. (0.01 seconds)

Google today:
Results 1 - 10 of about 287,000,000 for wikipedia. (0.07 seconds)

That's a 42143900% increase in results! :)

Re:This is fucking cool

[StikyPad]

Even better: "I am so sorry I'm such a weasel," she said.

http://web.archive.org/web/20010208163524/www.adn.com/elex/story/0,3109,204160,00.html