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Old 11 Sep 2018, 06:45 AM   #5
TenFour
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There were lots of ways to search for things well before Google existed. I used to amaze people by how fast I could find obscure stuff using Apple's Sherlock, starting around 1997 or so I think. Prior to that I was accessing government records and such using the Internet before the World Wide Web existed. I created several printed books that were best sellers in their obscure niche based on my accessing this stuff using the Internet before most people even knew what it was. Google was/is really good at searching, but it has cemented its dominance by creating an entire ecosystem of services like Gmail, Google Drive, Google Photos, etc.
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