Trawling is right, working through the steps of those early search engines was trawling. And it was slow, when you were paying for the phone call it seemed even slower.
@Limey... Noble Ancient History? You should reread it without the rose colored glasses. It sounded to me like UT, and peers, went through a lot of shit trying to get this baby to fly. Maybe the Noble Anguish History, to which we owe a debt of gratitude.