> ... the site’s original name, BackRub, was a reference to the backlinks it was using to rank results. If your site was linked to by other authoritative sites, it would place higher in the list than some random blog that no one was citing... #Google officially went online later in 1998.
“Google has gotten shittier and shittier.” - Alice Marwick
> ... [Because] the company turned on its #AdSense program.
- Anil Dash

https://www.theverge.com/23846048/google-search-memes-images-pagerank-altavista-seo-keywords
#BackRub #InternetHistory #AnilDash #AliceMarwick