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2010 Search+

Section 4

2010 Search

Ten blue links, green URLs, and results as you type. Reconstructed from the exhibit's records, never faked from history.

12 reconstructed results for forum in the 2010 exhibit.

  1. imho / imo - In my (humble) opinion; the standard forum hedge before a strong opinion.

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-imho

    imho / imo: In my (humble) opinion; the standard forum hedge before a strong opinion. Example: "imho Firefox is still better than Chrome"

    SlangSupportedReconstructed result

  2. bump - Posting in a forum thread to push it back to the top of the list.

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-bump

    bump: Posting in a forum thread to push it back to the top of the list. Example: "bump, still looking for a Halo: Reach group"

    SlangSupportedReconstructed result

  3. necro - Reviving a long-dead forum thread, usually frowned upon.

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-necro

    necro: Reviving a long-dead forum thread, usually frowned upon. Example: "nice necro, this thread is from 2007"

    SlangEditorialReconstructed result

  4. sig - The signature image or text under every forum post, often an animated banner.

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-sig

    sig: The signature image or text under every forum post, often an animated banner. Example: "nice sig, is that from your guild?"

    SlangSupportedReconstructed result

  5. PM me - Send me a private message on the forum.

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-pm

    PM me: Send me a private message on the forum. Example: "PM me for the torrent link"

    SlangSupportedReconstructed result

  6. tl;dr

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-tldr

    tl;dr: Too long; didn't read. A complaint about a long post, or a one-line summary placed at the end of one. Example: "tl;dr Digg v4 sucks, we're all on Reddit now"

    SlangSupportedReconstructed result

  7. epic fail - A spectacular failure; the superlative of FAIL.

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-epic-fail

    epic fail: A spectacular failure; the superlative of FAIL. Example: "Digg v4 = epic fail"

    SlangSupportedReconstructed result

  8. win - The opposite of fail; something excellent, also "full of win".

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-win

    win: The opposite of fail; something excellent, also "full of win". Example: "the Old Spice guy's responses are pure win"

    SlangSupportedReconstructed result

  9. u mad? - A taunt implying the other person is angry, often paired with Trollface.

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-u-mad

    u mad?: A taunt implying the other person is angry, often paired with Trollface. Example: "u mad bro?"

    SlangSupportedReconstructed result

  10. cool story bro - Sarcastic dismissal of a boring or pointless post.

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-cool-story-bro

    cool story bro: Sarcastic dismissal of a boring or pointless post. Example: "cool story bro"

    SlangSupportedReconstructed result

  11. I see what you did there - Acknowledging a pun or a sly joke.

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-i-see-what-you-did-there

    I see what you did there: Acknowledging a pun or a sly joke. Example: "'Bed Intruder Song' on the Billboard charts... I see what you did there"

    SlangEditorialReconstructed result

  12. pics or it didn't happen - A demand for proof of a claim made online.

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-pics-or-it-didnt-happen

    pics or it didn't happen: A demand for proof of a claim made online. Example: "you met Bieber? pics or it didn't happen"

    SlangEditorialReconstructed result

The search engines of 2010

  • Verified

    Google

    Ten blue links, and results that appeared as you typed

    Google in 2010 was a white page with a colourful logo, one box and ten blue links. The year began with Google refusing to keep censoring results in...

    searchgooglegoogle instant

  • Supported

    Ask.com

    The former Ask Jeeves gives up on search

    Ask.com, once Ask Jeeves with its butler mascot, still had a few percent of US searches in 2010, largely through toolbars bundled with downloads. In...

    searchask.comask jeeves

  • Supported

    Baidu

    China's search engine, after Google walked away

    Baidu was already the dominant search engine in China when Google stopped censoring google.cn in March 2010 and redirected users to Hong Kong....

    searchbaiduchina

  • Supported

    Bing

    Microsoft's one-year-old "decision engine"

    Bing had launched in June 2009 with a photographic homepage and a marketing budget that called it a "decision engine" rather than a search engine. In...

    searchbingmicrosoft

  • Supported

    Wolfram|Alpha

    A computational knowledge engine

    Launched in May 2009, Wolfram|Alpha answered questions by computing rather than searching: type a maths problem, a date, or two cities and it...

    searchwolfram alphamaths

  • Supported

    Yahoo!

    The portal: mail, news, Answers and Flickr

    Yahoo! was still one of the most-visited sites on Earth in 2010, thanks to Yahoo Mail, the news-heavy portal homepage, Yahoo Answers, Flickr and...

    portalyahooemail

Why these are not real Google results

Historical search result pages cannot be reproduced faithfully: they depended on the day, the location, the logged-in account and an index that no longer exists. Instead of pretending, this page searches the exhibit's own records and presents them in the visual language of a 2010 results page. Each result links to an entry with its sources and confidence label.

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