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title: Google not the top search engine
date: "2003-12-09T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 876
description: I highlight a link showing that Google surprisingly didn't rank itself as the top result for the query "search engine" in 2003, illustrating a notable quirk in early search engine optimization and ranking history.
keywords: [google, search engine, seo, search ranking, '2003']
---

Google doesn't think it's the top [search engine](http://www.google.com/search?q=search engine) any more. [via Anders Jacobsen](http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2003/12/02/search_engine_.html)