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published"datetime=2010-10-20T16:53:05-04:00> October 20, 2010 </time> <time class=updated datetime=2010-10-21T09:15:33-04:00> October 21, 2010 </time> </a> </span><span class=byline> <i class=sydney-svg-icon> <svg viewbox="0 0 448 512"xmlns=http://www.w3.org/2000/svg><path d="M224 256c70.7 0 128-57.3 128-128S294.7 0 224 0 96 57.3 96 128s57.3 128 128 128zm89.6 32h-16.7c-22.2 10.2-46.9 16-72.9 16s-50.6-5.8-72.9-16h-16.7C60.2 288 0 348.2 0 422.4V464c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h352c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48v-41.6c0-74.2-60.2-134.4-134.4-134.4z"></path></svg> </i> <span class="author vcard"> <a class="url fn n"href=https://performancing.com/author/franky/> Franky Branckaute </a> </span> </span></div></header><div class=entry-thumb><img class="attachment-large-thumb size-large-thumb wp-post-image"alt height=4164 loading=lazy src=https://performancing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/search_engine_history_w580.jpg width=580></div><div class=entry-content><div class="at-above-post addthis_tool"data-url=https://performancing.com/search-engine-history/></div><p>Nowadays we take the existence of search engines, especially Google (and Bing) as normal and for many among us a life without Google would be hard to imagine. Whether it is because they are not older than 20 yet and have grown up in a world dominated by technology and the internet, or because they are baby boomers, probably having taken out more than one <a title="Personal credit loans"href=http://www.creditloan.com> credit loan </a> over the last two decades.<p>Let’s face it: search engines are everywhere nowadays and have become an integral part of our life, invading our space ever more. Whether it is web surfing the web on your computer, browsing with your smartphone or even looking for directions online. Google and co. are the starting point for many users online. But how did it come this far and how did search engines evolve over the last two decades? We looked at the history of the crawlers and if you thought there was only Google, Yahoo and Bing this infographic will show you how wrong you are. For the internet nerds among us, let this infographic take you on a trip down memory lane.<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-10122"title="Search Engine History"alt height=4164 loading=lazy src=https://performancing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/search_engine_history_w580.jpg width=580><p>Sadly the complexity and huge number of search engines made it impossible to include every single search engine available. Huge thanks to the awesome team at <a title="Custom Infographics Design"href=http://infographiclabs.com> Infographiclabs </a> for this analysis of the search engine history.<div class=guerrillawrap><div class=guerrillagravatar><img class="avatar avatar-80 photo"srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4674a24e2f694e6b6ba8a3014c1c73bc?s=160&r=g 2x"alt height=80 loading=lazy src=https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4674a24e2f694e6b6ba8a3014c1c73bc?s=80&r=g width=80></div><div class=guerrillatext><h4>Author: <span> <a rel="author external"title="Visit Franky Branckaute’s website"href=http://ifranky.com/+/> Franky Branckaute </a> </span></h4><p></div><div class=guerrillasocial></div><p></div><div class="at-below-post addthis_tool"data-url=https://performancing.com/search-engine-history/></div></div><footer class=entry-footer><span class=tags-links> <a href=https://performancing.com/tag/featured/ rel=tag> Featured </a> <a href=https://performancing.com/tag/google/ rel=tag> Google </a> <a href=https://performancing.com/tag/history/ rel=tag> History </a> <a href=https://performancing.com/tag/infographic/ rel=tag> Infographic </a> <a href=https://performancing.com/tag/search/ rel=tag> Search </a> <a href=https://performancing.com/tag/search-engines/ rel=tag> Search Engines </a> </span></footer></article><nav class="navigation post-navigation"role=navigation><h2 class=screen-reader-text>Post navigation</h2><div class="nav-links clearfix"><div class=nav-previous><span> ⟵ </span><a href=https://performancing.com/20-easy-ways-to-promote-your-blog-across-the-social-web/ rel=prev> 20 Easy Ways to Promote Your Blog Across the Social Web </a></div><div class=nav-next><a href=https://performancing.com/social-media-marketing-and-content-marketing-through-blogging/ rel=next> Social Media Marketing and Content Marketing Through Blogging </a><span> ⟶ </span></div></div></nav><div class=comments-area id=comments><h4 class=comment-title>23 thoughts on “ <span> Search Engine History </span> ”</h4><ol class=comments-list><li class="comment even thread-even depth-1"id=comment-72446><article class=comment-body id=div-comment-72446><footer class=comment-meta><div class="comment-author vcard"><img class="avatar avatar-60 photo"srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/90b991c6c573d94d0aa684725f100827?s=120&r=g 2x"alt height=60 loading=lazy src=https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/90b991c6c573d94d0aa684725f100827?s=60&r=g width=60><b class=fn> <a rel="external nofollow ugc"class=url href=http://www.positivetool.com/wp-engine-discount-coupon/> Vickie Boswell </a> </b><span class=says> says: </span></div><div class=comment-metadata><a href=https://performancing.com/search-engine-history/#comment-72446> <time datetime=2016-03-28T23:30:33-04:00> March 28, 2016 at 11:30 pm </time> </a></div></footer><div class=comment-content><p>As I have just started the online business so I was not aware of these many search engines..By reading your blog I must say that search engines have come a long way…Everyday, new strategies are being implemented for increasing the rank of websites.. <br> I would try to mix old tactics with new tactics for enhancing the online web marketing… <br> Thanks for superb information <br> Vickie</div></article> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"id=comment-37521><article class=comment-body id=div-comment-37521><footer class=comment-meta><div class="comment-author vcard"><img class="avatar avatar-60 photo"srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a6af7770b6ec7a1c7ca0acc7512f0d46?s=120&r=g 2x"alt height=60 loading=lazy src=https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a6af7770b6ec7a1c7ca0acc7512f0d46?s=60&r=g width=60><b class=fn> <a rel="external nofollow ugc"class=url href=http://thehillsarborists.com.au/> Joseph Gray </a> </b><span class=says> says: </span></div><div class=comment-metadata><a href=https://performancing.com/search-engine-history/#comment-37521> <time datetime=2010-11-22T13:34:00-05:00> November 22, 2010 at 1:34 pm </time> </a></div></footer><div class=comment-content><p>Hey! What you want to tell us with this heavy pack figure. Are these statistics are really reliable?</div></article> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1"id=comment-37418><article class=comment-body id=div-comment-37418><footer class=comment-meta><div class="comment-author vcard"><img class="avatar avatar-60 photo"srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/07238bc6b0ade058e26b400fd3292104?s=120&r=g 2x"alt height=60 loading=lazy src=https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/07238bc6b0ade058e26b400fd3292104?s=60&r=g width=60><b class=fn> <a rel="external nofollow ugc"class=url href=http://simplymotherandbaby.info/blog/babynames/> elisamariano01 </a> </b><span class=says> says: </span></div><div class=comment-metadata><a href=https://performancing.com/search-engine-history/#comment-37418> <time datetime=2010-11-07T11:19:55-05:00> November 7, 2010 at 11:19 am </time> </a></div></footer><div class=comment-content><p>It’s a great help to know that search engines are a boom now a days. With one question there now seemed to be a lot of answers. Thanks to Google i can find answers to my questions…</div></article> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"id=comment-37374><article class=comment-body id=div-comment-37374><footer class=comment-meta><div class="comment-author vcard"><img class="avatar avatar-60 photo"srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b706fbfd07defddd451fce0fa9e1009d?s=120&r=g 2x"alt height=60 loading=lazy src=https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b706fbfd07defddd451fce0fa9e1009d?s=60&r=g width=60><b class=fn> <a rel="external nofollow ugc"class=url href=http://www.onMarketing.de> Ralf Zmölnig </a> </b><span class=says> says: </span></div><div class=comment-metadata><a href=https://performancing.com/search-engine-history/#comment-37374> <time datetime=2010-11-01T13:23:19-04:00> November 1, 2010 at 1:23 pm </time> </a></div></footer><div class=comment-content><p>Wow, cool. I remember the times searching with yahoo, ask and so on very well ;o) But thes times are gone, and google ist the one ;o)</div></article> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1"id=comment-37373><article class=comment-body id=div-comment-37373><footer class=comment-meta><div class="comment-author vcard"><img class="avatar avatar-60 photo"srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2cec1aa90b7ab06adb1967af88395740?s=120&r=g 2x"alt height=60 loading=lazy src=https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2cec1aa90b7ab06adb1967af88395740?s=60&r=g width=60><b class=fn> <a rel="external nofollow ugc"class=url href=https://www.snehalgodwin.blogspot.com> Snehal </a> </b><span class=says> says: </span></div><div class=comment-metadata><a href=https://performancing.com/search-engine-history/#comment-37373> <time datetime=2010-11-01T12:35:02-04:00> November 1, 2010 at 12:35 pm </time> </a></div></footer><div class=comment-content><p>Thats relly an up-to -date info .<p>spread it all over. I LOVE GOOGLE . <br> I</div></article> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"id=comment-37355><article class=comment-body id=div-comment-37355><footer class=comment-meta><div class="comment-author vcard"><img class="avatar avatar-60 photo"srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c21cf215b1bfc639ffd2cd280957b914?s=120&r=g 2x"alt height=60 loading=lazy src=https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c21cf215b1bfc639ffd2cd280957b914?s=60&r=g width=60><b class=fn> <a rel="external nofollow ugc"class=url href=http://www.tiberlimo.com> hengm </a> </b><span class=says> says: </span></div><div class=comment-metadata><a href=https://performancing.com/search-engine-history/#comment-37355> <time datetime=2010-10-30T06:40:01-04:00> October 30, 2010 at 6:40 am </time> </a></div></footer><div class=comment-content><p>I think people everywhere are in too deep with this modern “web”, & it’s hard to imagine life without search engines anymore.</div></article> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1"id=comment-37328><article class=comment-body id=div-comment-37328><footer class=comment-meta><div class="comment-author vcard"><img class="avatar avatar-60 photo"srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/68bdedc9d96af69b2d720db1bfd4a822?s=120&r=g 2x"alt height=60 loading=lazy src=https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/68bdedc9d96af69b2d720db1bfd4a822?s=60&r=g width=60><b class=fn> EJ </b><span class=says> says: </span></div><div class=comment-metadata><a href=https://performancing.com/search-engine-history/#comment-37328> <time datetime=2010-10-27T19:50:06-04:00> October 27, 2010 at 7:50 pm </time> </a></div></footer><div class=comment-content><p>That “57% of internet users search every day” stat seems low.</div></article> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"id=comment-37326><article class=comment-body id=div-comment-37326><footer class=comment-meta><div class="comment-author vcard"><img class="avatar avatar-60 photo"srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4d75dbe2857fb08fa944263d735f3cbe?s=120&r=g 2x"alt height=60 loading=lazy src=https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4d75dbe2857fb08fa944263d735f3cbe?s=60&r=g width=60><b class=fn> <a rel="external nofollow ugc"class=url href=http://freerpgbooks.com> Werew </a> </b><span class=says> says: </span></div><div class=comment-metadata><a href=https://performancing.com/search-engine-history/#comment-37326> <time datetime=2010-10-27T18:43:06-04:00> October 27, 2010 at 6:43 pm </time> </a></div></footer><div class=comment-content><p>Hm, but Yandex have < 0.2%? More then half Russia uses the Yandex</div></article> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1"id=comment-37325><article class=comment-body id=div-comment-37325><footer class=comment-meta><div class="comment-author vcard"><img class="avatar avatar-60 photo"srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/68f91801d9b7da8b754b0d6956e37e61?s=120&r=g 2x"alt height=60 loading=lazy src=https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/68f91801d9b7da8b754b0d6956e37e61?s=60&r=g width=60><b class=fn> <a rel="external nofollow ugc"class=url href=http://jhames.com/> Jhames </a> </b><span class=says> says: </span></div><div class=comment-metadata><a href=https://performancing.com/search-engine-history/#comment-37325> <time datetime=2010-10-27T18:40:35-04:00> October 27, 2010 at 6:40 pm </time> </a></div></footer><div class=comment-content><p>Does <a rel="nofollow ugc"href=https://www.wolframalpha.com/> http://www.wolframalpha.com/ </a> count as a search engine or is it considered niche?</div></article> <li class="pingback odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"id=comment-37278><div class=comment-body>Pingback: <a rel="external nofollow ugc"class=url href=http://www.johnfromberkeley.com/2010/10/23/links-for-2010-10-23/> John From Berkeley » links for 2010-10-23 </a></div><li class="comment even thread-even depth-1"id=comment-37256><article class=comment-body id=div-comment-37256><footer class=comment-meta><div class="comment-author vcard"><img class="avatar avatar-60 photo"srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3be20e71a85e92827ab3569be9fc0297?s=120&r=g 2x"alt height=60 loading=lazy src=https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3be20e71a85e92827ab3569be9fc0297?s=60&r=g width=60><b class=fn> <a rel="external nofollow ugc"class=url href=http://myspace.wihe.net> Redes Sociales </a> </b><span class=says> says: </span></div><div class=comment-metadata><a href=https://performancing.com/search-engine-history/#comment-37256> <time datetime=2010-10-22T18:55:57-04:00> October 22, 2010 at 6:55 pm </time> </a></div></footer><div class=comment-content><p>Great info, thanks for shared.<p>Publish in my site: <a rel="nofollow ugc"href=http://myspace.wihe.net/historia-buscadores-internet/> http://myspace.wihe.net/historia-buscadores-internet/ </a><p>Thanks</div></article> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"id=comment-37255><article class=comment-body id=div-comment-37255><footer class=comment-meta><div class="comment-author vcard"><img class="avatar avatar-60 photo"srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/05bc01eb5506cdfbf0b82ab435b571c0?s=120&r=g 2x"alt height=60 loading=lazy src=https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/05bc01eb5506cdfbf0b82ab435b571c0?s=60&r=g width=60><b class=fn> <a rel="external nofollow ugc"class=url href=http://www.theseoguys.ca> Jordan </a> </b><span class=says> says: </span></div><div class=comment-metadata><a href=https://performancing.com/search-engine-history/#comment-37255> <time datetime=2010-10-22T15:06:02-04:00> October 22, 2010 at 3:06 pm </time> </a></div></footer><div class=comment-content><p>Maybe I am reading the chart wrong, but every other search engine market share statistic I read shows Google with 65% of the market share, whereas this shows almost 85%. Am I missing something?</div></article> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1"id=comment-37245><article class=comment-body id=div-comment-37245><footer class=comment-meta><div class="comment-author vcard"><img class="avatar avatar-60 photo"srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d27e760a97612c3afd1cd9895fa5ac1d?s=120&r=g 2x"alt height=60 loading=lazy src=https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d27e760a97612c3afd1cd9895fa5ac1d?s=60&r=g width=60><b class=fn> Eric </b><span class=says> says: </span></div><div class=comment-metadata><a href=https://performancing.com/search-engine-history/#comment-37245> <time datetime=2010-10-21T23:55:59-04:00> October 21, 2010 at 11:55 pm </time> </a></div></footer><div class=comment-content><p>Of course, Yahoo is now Powered by Bing (check the text at the bottom of a Yahoo search). Making Bing now well over 10% of the web searches.</div></article> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"id=comment-37243><article class=comment-body id=div-comment-37243><footer class=comment-meta><div class="comment-author vcard"><img class="avatar avatar-60 photo"srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8ae18a6b805d24dcf54427356391071c?s=120&r=g 2x"alt height=60 loading=lazy src=https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8ae18a6b805d24dcf54427356391071c?s=60&r=g width=60><b class=fn> silicon-child </b><span class=says> says: </span></div><div class=comment-metadata><a href=https://performancing.com/search-engine-history/#comment-37243> <time datetime=2010-10-21T19:26:50-04:00> October 21, 2010 at 7:26 pm </time> </a></div></footer><div class=comment-content><p>When I was four in 1966, my father showed me the integrated circuits he made, showing me what looked like a silvery paint circle. Thirty years later, my World Wide Web site was part of a web-ring. <br> Page-rank that!</div></article> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1"id=comment-37241><article class=comment-body id=div-comment-37241><footer class=comment-meta><div class="comment-author vcard"><img class="avatar avatar-60 photo"srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3516411ff7f942421c04776d9c2147a1?s=120&r=g 2x"alt height=60 loading=lazy src=https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3516411ff7f942421c04776d9c2147a1?s=60&r=g width=60><b class=fn> <a rel="external nofollow ugc"class=url href=http://www.vimalesh.com> Vimalesh Vijayan </a> </b><span class=says> says: </span></div><div class=comment-metadata><a href=https://performancing.com/search-engine-history/#comment-37241> <time datetime=2010-10-21T14:31:19-04:00> October 21, 2010 at 2:31 pm </time> </a></div></footer><div class=comment-content><p>I am an IT professional. I cant believe a day without google, yahoo or bing. <br> I earn my bread and butter coz of them. <br> Thanks alot google, yahoo and bing. 🙂<p>God bless google, yahoo and bing 😉</div></article> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"id=comment-37237><article class=comment-body id=div-comment-37237><footer class=comment-meta><div class="comment-author vcard"><img class="avatar avatar-60 photo"srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4dee60585f6915afa6aa2a8c61079a0e?s=120&r=g 2x"alt height=60 loading=lazy src=https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4dee60585f6915afa6aa2a8c61079a0e?s=60&r=g width=60><b class=fn> <a rel="external nofollow ugc"class=url href=http://www.geovision.co.il/> comvision </a> </b><span class=says> says: </span></div><div class=comment-metadata><a href=https://performancing.com/search-engine-history/#comment-37237> <time datetime=2010-10-21T11:59:31-04:00> October 21, 2010 at 11:59 am </time> </a></div></footer><div class=comment-content><p>what about “NETEX”??/</div></article> <li class="pingback even thread-even depth-1"id=comment-37236><div class=comment-body>Pingback: <a rel="external nofollow ugc"class=url href=https://newztikr.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/history-of-search-engines/> History of Search Engines « BE UPTO DATE – PRONTO </a></div><li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"id=comment-37235><article class=comment-body id=div-comment-37235><footer class=comment-meta><div class="comment-author vcard"><img class="avatar avatar-60 photo"srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/87ed164f579ac74a92fcb03a8660de9f?s=120&r=g 2x"alt height=60 loading=lazy src=https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/87ed164f579ac74a92fcb03a8660de9f?s=60&r=g width=60><b class=fn> <a rel="external nofollow ugc"class=url href=https://www.surf-the-internet.blogspot.com/> bendansurf </a> </b><span class=says> says: </span></div><div class=comment-metadata><a href=https://performancing.com/search-engine-history/#comment-37235> <time datetime=2010-10-21T10:49:42-04:00> October 21, 2010 at 10:49 am </time> </a></div></footer><div class=comment-content><p>Everyday I use search engine..Google I love you</div></article> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1"id=comment-37233><article class=comment-body id=div-comment-37233><footer class=comment-meta><div class="comment-author vcard"><img class="avatar avatar-60 photo"srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e78c9aceb8be09842b8d0fcb73ac5bab?s=120&r=g 2x"alt height=60 loading=lazy src=https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e78c9aceb8be09842b8d0fcb73ac5bab?s=60&r=g width=60><b class=fn> <a rel="external nofollow ugc"class=url href=https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/> John Crenshaw </a> </b><span class=says> says: </span></div><div class=comment-metadata><a href=https://performancing.com/search-engine-history/#comment-37233> <time datetime=2010-10-21T08:29:43-04:00> October 21, 2010 at 8:29 am </time> </a></div></footer><div class=comment-content><p>Now that search engines dominate internet traffic, we’re also starting to get tracked and our privacy is at risk. AOL actually ran a search engine and accidentally leaked all the search data online. Imagine what the implications are. Would you like everyone to know what you searched for in the past week?<p>For me, I use a VPN to make sure I’m anonymous online. But, honestly, the best way would be to disable all cookies and never register for any site period, ever. That way your IP is not associated with any identity. But, obviously that’s impossible; and for most people too late.</div></article> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"id=comment-37232><article class=comment-body id=div-comment-37232><footer class=comment-meta><div class="comment-author vcard"><img class="avatar avatar-60 photo"srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/68cc5b459ec4b3c7cd4f28d30d549bbf?s=120&r=g 2x"alt height=60 loading=lazy src=https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/68cc5b459ec4b3c7cd4f28d30d549bbf?s=60&r=g width=60><b class=fn> Ron </b><span class=says> says: </span></div><div class=comment-metadata><a href=https://performancing.com/search-engine-history/#comment-37232> <time datetime=2010-10-21T07:34:06-04:00> October 21, 2010 at 7:34 am </time> </a></div></footer><div class=comment-content><p>I need a search engine to navigate this</div></article> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1"id=comment-37230><article class=comment-body id=div-comment-37230><footer class=comment-meta><div class="comment-author vcard"><img class="avatar avatar-60 photo"srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/25b79c4086776454671dc3737c57c3b5?s=120&r=g 2x"alt height=60 loading=lazy src=https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/25b79c4086776454671dc3737c57c3b5?s=60&r=g width=60><b class=fn> <a rel="external nofollow ugc"class=url href=http://www.abhiwadantours.com> nepal india tour </a> </b><span class=says> says: </span></div><div class=comment-metadata><a href=https://performancing.com/search-engine-history/#comment-37230> <time datetime=2010-10-21T05:26:14-04:00> October 21, 2010 at 5:26 am </time> </a></div></footer><div class=comment-content><p>wel written about the history of search engines and many more.</div></article> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"id=comment-37228><article class=comment-body id=div-comment-37228><footer class=comment-meta><div class="comment-author vcard"><img class="avatar avatar-60 photo"srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0119687eae34daac89e89c8ebbe82d60?s=120&r=g 2x"alt height=60 loading=lazy src=https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0119687eae34daac89e89c8ebbe82d60?s=60&r=g width=60><b class=fn> Vishwa </b><span class=says> says: </span></div><div class=comment-metadata><a href=https://performancing.com/search-engine-history/#comment-37228> <time datetime=2010-10-21T03:47:18-04:00> October 21, 2010 at 3:47 am </time> </a></div></footer><div class=comment-content><p>awesome stuff..</div></article> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1"id=comment-37226><article class=comment-body id=div-comment-37226><footer class=comment-meta><div class="comment-author vcard"><img class="avatar avatar-60 photo"srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7646002342ab59e9e798190a118769cf?s=120&r=g 2x"alt height=60 loading=lazy src=https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7646002342ab59e9e798190a118769cf?s=60&r=g width=60><b class=fn> <a rel="external nofollow ugc"class=url href=http://www.wallstickershop.com.au> Wall Sticker Sam </a> </b><span class=says> says: </span></div><div class=comment-metadata><a href=https://performancing.com/search-engine-history/#comment-37226> <time datetime=2010-10-21T02:42:12-04:00> October 21, 2010 at 2:42 am </time> </a></div></footer><div class=comment-content><p>I remember there being another engine around 1996 and 1997 called Magellan. 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