#Microblog Monday 402: Oldest Search

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Usually when you do a Google search (or use any search engine), the results show the best fit. Oldest search engine tells you the first time a term was used on the Internet and then moves forward in time to the present. Super helpful when you’re trying to find the first time something was used.

I searched for “Stirrup Queens,” and clearly, I’m the first hit. But then moving forward in time, I found all sorts of neat things I missed. Like the Washington Post once mentioned a post in an article. Or there was a health journal, a post on Alpha Mom, and a “creepy rocking horse store.” (Not linking to that last one because it looked… creepy.)

A fun tool to play with.

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