The first search engine indexed millions of pages
Early search engines rapidly expanded their indexes to millions of pages, transforming the internet from a chaotic collection into an accessible information highway for everyone.
The first web search engines started small, indexing just hundreds of sites. However, by 1995, AltaVista launched, boasting an index of over 20 million web pages. This was a monumental leap, considering the World Wide Web only had thousands of pages a few years earlier. This rapid growth democratized access to the exploding internet, which grew from 10,000 sites in 1993 to over 10 million by 1995. This milestone transformed how everyday users found information, paving the way for today's vast search capabilities.
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