Google lets users search like it’s 2001
As part of Google’s ongoing 10th birthday celebration, the company is providing access to a 2001 version of the Google search index, allowing users to search the Web circa January 2001. Although Google is officially celebrating its 10th birthday this year, due to various “technical reasons,” the oldest index it could easily access was the 2001 version.
www.google.com/search2001.html
Google has worked with the Internet Archive project, which is aiming to preserve digital media to link with its cache of the pages from 2001 so users can see full versions of old Web pages.
Johnnie Debt Said,
October 4, 2008 @ 1:02 am
Nice. Happy birthday to Google!
Affordable SEO Said,
October 5, 2008 @ 11:13 am
It is kinda cool to see some old names we forgot about in search results although a lot of pages don’t exist anymore.
Kenneth Said,
October 5, 2008 @ 8:13 pm
Be-lated Happy B-day Google! thats good to know that they were developing such arhive project.. We’re looking forward about that.. Is the project would be the same as the archive.org?
Thanks!
BarkTop Said,
October 5, 2008 @ 9:58 pm
Haha I remember that old logo. I also remember when everyone thought Google would never be successful, look at it now…
web traffic Said,
October 6, 2008 @ 1:21 am
kenneth I think its going to be a much advance version of archive.org
Technology News Said,
October 6, 2008 @ 4:59 am
Keep it up google team
many many happy returns of the day.
Irish Gifts Said,
October 6, 2008 @ 11:50 am
OK, that was very weird! Google your own domain and “no results found”. A bit spooky…
William Said,
October 7, 2008 @ 1:47 am
Happy birthday to Google.
It is a great thing they gave us opportunity to look back in 2001. The competition then is so funny.
Conclusion is they took 3 years to build archive for their indexes :).
Roger Hamilton Said,
October 7, 2008 @ 8:54 am
Wow, that logo sure is old. Happy 10th Birthday to Google by the way!
GPS Kids Watch Said,
October 7, 2008 @ 2:17 pm
That is kind of fun to look around the internet and see what types of things show up for different search terms. A search for ‘government bailout’ only had 43,100 pages in the index in 2001 whereas today it has 4,770,000. That is a big difference if you ask me!
Software Developer Said,
October 8, 2008 @ 2:39 am
Man that brings back memories, I was at University at the time and barely knew anything about software and look at me now :). I wish I’d invested some money in Google back then, to be perfectly honest
IT Support Said,
October 8, 2008 @ 3:57 am
Its just like using Live Search!
Ren Said,
October 8, 2008 @ 4:21 am
Just curious I searched my company name… nothing turned up…
Rikud Said,
October 9, 2008 @ 5:46 pm
so late..but happy b’day to google
Web Design Sussex Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 8:42 am
Oh my goodness I cant believe how rubbish the search engine was back then. Its not like it was even that long ago either! Thank god they sorted themselves out!
Brett Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 9:18 am
What a great company Google is. Good business model.
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Free Target Market Research Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 9:33 am
It’s great that Google is keeping an archive of old search results and pages.
The Internet changes so quickly. Looking at sites just 7 years old is quite revealing about how important it is for us to keep up with all the new changes.
Warmly,
Linda P. Morton
pitagora Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 2:44 pm
oh…good old days. I remember the time I first heard of google. Yahoo was the boss at the time. Google was the underdog. I remember I was so turned against yahoo and wishing google good luck. Damn…anyone heard any new about cuil.com? :)))
Andrew Green Said,
October 11, 2008 @ 12:11 pm
I am looking forward for many more features from google …
GOOGLE -ROCKS
Happy Birth day once again ..
Thanks for sharing 2001 search engine ..I never saw this ..
Care Pet Said,
October 12, 2008 @ 3:49 am
Google also announced a new service that track the growing number of blog posts surfacing on the internet. Google has 3.8 billion results for the word blog compare to 76,000 results indexed for the word in 2001.
Link Building Said,
October 12, 2008 @ 12:36 pm
It is kinda cool to see some old names we forgot about in search results although a lot of pages don’t exist anymore.
Wicked Alien Said,
October 12, 2008 @ 1:22 pm
haha great idea to look back in time :D.
hilman Said,
October 12, 2008 @ 7:23 pm
woowww old logo from google
Brady - Mac Got Me Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 1:45 pm
What a throwback!!! That old Google site is a trip, you don’t really notice the slow gradual changes they make, but when they throw it back 10 years, the changes are completely evident!
Seattle SEO Said,
October 13, 2008 @ 8:39 pm
Saw that on their home page and had to play with it. It’s amazing how much has and hasn’t changed.
SEO optimizer Said,
October 14, 2008 @ 2:11 am
LOL
it doesn’t know what is SEO
Roger Hamilton Said,
October 15, 2008 @ 1:47 am
What was your company name? Maybe the archive isn’t fully completed.
Dacia Sandero Said,
October 15, 2008 @ 6:56 am
Who would had think that small unknown Google will turn in to the monster that is today ?
Happy birthday is the topic of the day
!
John Computers Said,
October 15, 2008 @ 9:57 am
wow, has it been so long already? Lets hope there are many more years to come. Will be interesting to see how google evolve over the next few years.
Daniel Dumas :: Mr. Night Man Said,
October 15, 2008 @ 9:41 pm
Cool i didnt know this ah. .thanks for the info.
Personal Blog Said,
October 16, 2008 @ 2:14 am
Fantastic, year 2001 when everything was starting nobody knew much about search engines and Yahoo was the biggest.
Circuit Breakers Said,
October 16, 2008 @ 6:52 am
Yeah, even mine
what’s wrong with it?
Wes Said,
October 16, 2008 @ 11:29 am
Wow… That’s very cool that you can go back and search for things back on various years. Not sure if i’m more worried they keep that kind of data or not.
http://www.techNmore.com
Tableware Said,
October 21, 2008 @ 3:41 am
Thank god Google has come as far as it has otherwise the net would be even more frustrating than it already is!
Software outsourcing company Said,
October 21, 2008 @ 7:53 am
It’s really hard to believe how fast time passes by. Doing the math, yes… indeed, Google is 10 years old. How odd is that?
Oliver simon Said,
October 21, 2008 @ 9:31 am
That would be incredibly cool like reading through old newspapers.
Colon Leaf Said,
October 21, 2008 @ 8:42 pm
Wow, 10 years old. happy b-day. it will be cool to see some of the old versions of different popular websites.
CSS Gallery Said,
October 23, 2008 @ 10:10 am
Google embraces SEO. SEO makes Google what it is today!
Almir Bojkovic Said,
October 27, 2008 @ 9:51 am
congrats to them doing such a wonderful job especially for 10 years is such an amazing feat.
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Jonathan Said,
October 29, 2008 @ 11:28 am
Google is a very smart company and always find themselves doing something that will help bring media attention to them. This is another instance of clever marketing by Google.
Shuwix Said,
October 29, 2008 @ 9:50 pm
Damn!!!
I remember those search results
Makes me laught how crap content sites were at tops results. 
But those days, only few know anything about SEO 
Blog SEO Tips Said,
October 30, 2008 @ 4:52 am
So much has happened in seo the last 10 years. According to the cached SERPs it seems like it didnt even extist back then!
John Henn Said,
October 30, 2008 @ 7:07 am
I love you gooogleeee it fun to search on you…..
Money Marketing Online Said,
October 31, 2008 @ 6:15 am
Ahh talk about nostalgia, how the last 7 years have gone by so fast. This certainly is a nice treat from Google.
Phao Loo Said,
November 1, 2008 @ 12:56 am
Happy birthday to Google. I love Google much, because it send me a lot of traffic while yahoo send nothing to me.
Nike Dunks Said,
November 2, 2008 @ 1:14 am
Amazing it looks very different at that time i dont even know about the internet and google …
Very nice to see that
Download Software Said,
November 3, 2008 @ 5:20 am
Belated Happy birthday to google
keep doing your gud work
Carpets Said,
November 3, 2008 @ 7:57 am
I really enjoyed playing around with this index! Really interesting doing searches for the latest mobile phones or what’s happening in soaps. It makes 2001 seem so long ago!
lawyer manila Said,
November 4, 2008 @ 1:08 am
nice work ..help to keep in touch with everyone,,have a celebration
replica handbags Said,
November 4, 2008 @ 1:02 pm
happy birthday to u dear google,thanks fou let world change small.
adhi Said,
November 7, 2008 @ 6:29 pm
Happy birthday uncle Google,
hope more and more good growing in future
Christmas Vacation Rentals Ajijic Mexico Said,
November 9, 2008 @ 6:23 am
I clicked on your link and I get, “The page - http://www.google.com/search2001.html - does not exist.”
Any way happy B-Day to Google.
Joel
Bargain Holidays Said,
November 11, 2008 @ 8:51 am
Have a great birthday
Computer Repair Nashville TN Said,
November 12, 2008 @ 9:48 am
This is pretty neat…the site is now down but I wish I could have played with it a bit before it went down…I LOVE GOOGLE!!!
cheap web hosting Said,
November 12, 2008 @ 7:18 pm
O really it was google birth day, i dont know even being a part of this industry. Thanks for providing this info.
Forever Fashion Said,
November 13, 2008 @ 8:55 am
Yeah, that time I thought that Internet is just for fun and has nothing with business.
Forum-Like Said,
November 15, 2008 @ 1:27 am
but happy b’day to google
Amelia Earhardt Said,
November 16, 2008 @ 12:59 am
i notice that the google PR algorithm has changed
do you notice that they update more frequent these days?
Jeremy Said,
November 18, 2008 @ 4:47 pm
This is a really neat idea. I never heard of this. I was just thinking the other day what kind of search results I would get if it was 5 years ago. I’ll have to check this out. Thanks for posting this.
Mafia2Town Said,
November 19, 2008 @ 11:09 am
Well, happy birthday Google, my question solved from this blog again.
belajar seo Said,
November 21, 2008 @ 1:52 am
Wow! the celebration of my fav Gugel! otanjobi omedeto gozaimas. hope all the best comes more to us!
azis Said,
November 21, 2008 @ 1:54 am
It’s really nice event since i get my check from google!
Webdorf Said,
November 27, 2008 @ 7:20 am
Thanks, i didn’t know about Google Birthday
It’s sad that i didn’t start webdesign back in 2001.
reviews of web hosting Said,
November 29, 2008 @ 5:19 pm
i was looking to google homepage and say if i can give them some money to develop its appearnce!!
I think i was wrong, they are not poor.
Forever Fashion Said,
December 1, 2008 @ 8:01 am
Unfortunately the page is unavailable now…
Copiers Said,
December 1, 2008 @ 9:07 am
Retro Retro Man, who wants to be a retro man. Cool.
Find Name From Phone Number Said,
December 1, 2008 @ 9:38 am
You’ve grown so much Google! Wishing you more years to come.
Acai Said,
December 1, 2008 @ 9:40 am
You really dominated online.. I’d sing a happy birthday song for you..
Happpy..Birthday.. to you! Wishing you all the best and more 10 years to come.
Storbyferie Said,
December 1, 2008 @ 12:14 pm
Cool that they still have the data from 2001…
Vancouver Island SEO Said,
December 5, 2008 @ 9:38 pm
The first time I heard of Google was in the movie “Maid in Manhattan” when she tells her son to “Google” something in school. Before that I was using yahoo search (which I think was still a paid-inclusion directory service, not a true search engine.) I had forgotten how long ago that was - now I feel old!
teakgarden Said,
December 8, 2008 @ 9:12 pm
Great!!
Happy bday Google..
Free Ebook Said,
December 9, 2008 @ 5:14 am
Happy birthday to my lovely uncle
free iphone 3g Said,
December 10, 2008 @ 8:45 am
wonder if they still have stuff from 2000? wasnt google made in 1998 or something?
Boya Ustası Said,
December 10, 2008 @ 9:30 pm
happy birthday google thanks for everything
MarbleHost.com Web Hosting Said,
December 11, 2008 @ 5:32 am
It is great that google is archiving the data that was posted way back to the 2001. and are now allowing user to access it. Hope it allows user like us to look back and analyze the data
Sarah Said,
December 11, 2008 @ 1:17 pm
I just checked the link, and it looks like google has taken it down. BOO.
However, I still remember google in 2001 as i was just finishing high school. google was so sweet back in the day. I think in 2001, i was just switching over from yahoo to google. Who would have known that it would have been that successful.
Chronis Said,
December 11, 2008 @ 11:05 pm
Little late but Be-lated Happy birthday,
It is a great pleasure,
Google is really very nice search engine and with changing google structure it is great to learn new thing.
Thank you
Kevin Said,
December 12, 2008 @ 3:32 am
Cool i didn’t know this ah. .thanks for the info.
Vedetta Said,
December 13, 2008 @ 7:33 pm
Try to imagine life without Google
mingming Said,
December 15, 2008 @ 5:37 am
What a great company Google is. Good business model.Good Articicle
Catch up TV Said,
December 20, 2008 @ 9:51 am
We should never let history die just like that and with this project of google, history can be preserved. A good and a bad thing both that information on the internet is changing in a very fast pace.
aniroy1986 Said,
January 5, 2009 @ 10:40 pm
the page exists no more