Bring back 2001: Google makes their oldest index available

Ah, 2001. The first year of the 21st century  [Wikipedia]. George W. Bush was sworn in as President, buying “vintage“ became fashionable, and I moved from Wellington N.Z. to a little old place called London Town.

This was long before I was doing stuff with the internet of course. But now I can experience the 2001 internet all over again because ruggerblogger sent me the link to Google’s oldest available index which they’ve brought back in honour of their 10th Birthday.

See what my 2001 Darika namesakes were up to on the world wide web: 

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How brands can use social media

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The clever folks at Ogilvy have set up a YouTube channel with videos advising on brand utilisation of social media.

It’s only two weeks young but they already have interviews with Google and other digital experts in the Asia Pacific region.

Nice to see they get the community side of YouTube, favouriting a slightly odd “social media addiction rap” vid as well.

[Via Andrew Pascoe]