Looking back: Nett Solutions and the history of the search engine

Nett Solutions is among the numerous entities utilizing search engines for various purposes—from procuring information to channeling marketing campaigns. From their simple origins several decades ago, search engines have developed so much to become one of the most valuable aspects of every netizen’s life.

In the years following WWII, Dr. Vannevar Bush published his article As We May Think, in which he discussed the creation of a system for retrieving stored information using a technique similar to the human method of association. But it would take several decades before this concept sees the potential of being realized.

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1990 - The first search engine named Archie was launched. Despite its limited function, it paved the way for the development of advanced systems now used by Nett Solutions and the millions of netizens around the world. Its efficiency and popularity spurred programmers to develop Veronica and Jughead, search engines with roughly the same capability as their precursor.

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1994 - WebCrawler was launched, and was the first search engine to provide full text searches. It was very popular among users that it could not be used during daytime. Yahoo! Search also entered the scene, with its distinctive feature that provided descriptions for each of its given URL.

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1998 - Google was launched, and in a decade became the most widely used search engine in the world. It became the standard and the authority for industries that used search engines in their business. MSN was launched the same year, but was rebranded to Bing in 2009. Google and Bing are currently the top two search engines in market share.

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