Subj : Re: Common terminology
To   : Nightfox
From : Warpslide
Date : Tue Jul 12 2022 21:52:56

 *** Quoting Nightfox from a message to Midnight Flip ***

 Ni> I still feel like that sounds a bit odd, but maybe that's because I
 Ni> started using the internet in 1995, several years before Google
 Ni> existed.

Yup, ditto here.  I remember Webcrawler was one of my favourite search 
engines beofore Google came out.

 Ni> I still often liketo say "searching" or "online search" etc. because
 Ni> Google isn't the only search engine around.  It seems people sometimes
 Ni> forget there are other search engines out there.

I think I've fallen into saying "google" for online searching now.  I wonder 
if Duck Duck Go takes off if we'll all eventually starting "ducking" for 
things online...  lol


Jay

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