 Timeline of web search engines

The timeline of web search engines highlights the evolution of technology designed to help users find information on the internet. Here’s an overview of significant milestones in the development of web search engines: ### 1990s - **1990**: **Archie** - One of the first search engines, created to index FTP archives to help people find specific files. - **1993**: **W3Catalog** - One of the first web directories, it started categorizing web pages.