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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



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>




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