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AOL Pretends to be the Internet (thehistoryoftheweb.com)
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[–] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago

Every commercial had the AOL keyword in it. Increasingly available DSL and cable connectivity made AOL useless, I think a some of early Google success was helping people use “keywords” on the real internet.