Google 2001 Search: Party’s Over

By Matt McGee

Published: October 31, 2008 at 2:30 pm

Tonight is your last chance to search through a 2001 version of Google’s index. On Thursday, Google added this warning to the search page: “Google 2001 will no longer be available after tomorrow.”

The 2001 search was put online as part of Google’s recent 10th birthday celebration, and was never planned to be a permanent feature.

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Matt McGee

Matt McGee joined Third Door Media as a writer/reporter/editor in September 2008. He served as Editor-In-Chief from January 2013 until his departure in July 2017. He can be found on Twitter at @MattMcGee.