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Tonight I’m Gonna Search Like It’s 1999 or 2001

By | October 2, 2008

Google recently celebrated its 10th birthday. Happy birthday, Google.

You've come a long way, baby. As a fun little celebration, they have made an index from 2001 available. (The earliest versions are not readily accessible.)

Take it for a spin and ponder for a moment how much internet marketing has changed. I was involved with search engine optimization in the late 90's, but I didn't call it that. I was just trying to get visitors to my employer's website. I had never heard the term SEO. And apparently nobody else had either.

For search marketing veterans, take a look at how you were doing in 2001. Are you embarrassed? I once heard an architect say "Doctors bury their mistakes, we have to grow ivy." Thanks to this little throwback, search engine marketers can't hide, at least for a month. Google plans on shutting this down in a month.

Here is a search 2001 FAQ.  Update: the party is over.

About the Author:

Matt has broad experience in traditional and online marketing, with a particular focus on the manufacturing sector. He loves discovering strategies and tactics that result in big wins. Keough is known for his creative and sometimes amusing analogies and once subjected the Internet to animated GIFs. He is the father of four boys and has watched many hours of baseball with his wife, Joyce.

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  1. Matt Keough - October 2, 2008 at 9:12 am

    An added incentive to subscribe to our RSS feed. You get to see my typos before I have my first cup of coffee! :-)

  2. SEO Company - October 3, 2008 at 4:59 am

    Nice Post. Thanks for sharing this information with us.

  3. Mike Murray - October 6, 2008 at 4:29 pm

    Interesting post...little bit of yesteryear does indeed show the progress. Fun to look back.

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