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Also known as: GG
Google's web interface to the Usenet archive acquired from DejaNews in 2001, extended backwards with donated tapes reaching to 1981 and later merged with Google's own mailing list product. For years it was the default way to search old articles and, for many, to post. Google ended support for new Usenet content and posting in 2024, leaving the historical archive readable but static.
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