SiguzaJul 5
Kabootie computey!
I pointed a VM of the old Google Search Appliance at one of my retrocomputing project websites, and... remember when Google search results looked like this?
Jul 4 at 10:03pmWeb
Show threadKabootie computey!Jul 4
Links from ☝️:
- Google Search Appliance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search_Appliance
- VM image https://archive.org/details/google-search-appliance-proxmox-40G-image-inside.tar
- The search result https://classicmacdemos.com/disc/svm-mac-cd-44/
Google Search Appliance - Wikipedia

Show threadEfi (nap pet) 🦊💤Jul 4
@kabootie I wish jodorowsky was just a sidenote
Show threadKabootie computey!Jul 4

@efi Oof, I had picked that name because it was an easy single-result search term, but I just googled him and... omg. No no no no no. I'll just go ahead and edit that right out. Cheers to Mastodon for allowing post editing.

Thank you for saying something.

Show threadEfi (nap pet) 🦊💤Jul 4
@kabootie ha! sorry, didn't mean to make you change it, but yeah, he's a piece of shit lol
you may remember him from: "to cure your introversion, just go run naked on the streets while screaming how much you hate your parents"
Show threadSnoopJJul 5

@kabootie @miakizz yea, and when they were renowned for being the website that didn't put a lot of bullshit in your face when you were going to search for something

the great wheel continues to turn…

Show threadDoctor Coyote - HeirophantJul 5

@kabootie

Ahh those were days

Show threada holosprite ​Jul 5
@kabootie oh hey I used to administrate/configure a physical one of those uncooperative little shits!
Show threadjosh Jul 5
@kabootie the golden age. When search was actually good
Show threadeuroplus Jul 5
@kabootie 😍
Show threadgauravJul 5
@kabootie i maybe old but i am not that old 🤔
Show threadmms   Jul 5
@kabootie don’t make me feel things! :p
Show threadcatraxx Jul 5
@kabootie You mean when we searched for something and it actually returned results and wasn't made up stuff? Yeah, i do remember.
Show threadRob van KanJul 6
@kabootie As far as I'm concerened it started to go wrong when Google started to suggest that you'd meant to search for something else.
Google is American. It doesn't understand knowing more languages or living abroad, and it has become much more persistent in its suggestions.
Show thread64 Islands Aroha CooperativeJul 6
@kabootie gee i bet a person could make a lot of money putting some ads up there at the top… 🦆 🦆