Back in 1995 when the World Wide Web first appeared, there were only a few sites that were very interesting.
One was YAHOO. And it was still housed on Stanford University computers.
The other site was called Refdesk.
Since then YAHOO has morphed fropm a hobby site maintained by two PhD computer students into an incredible business that hardly resembles its modest beginnings.
But then there's ref desk. A free site that has stayed true to its original vision:
VISION STATEMENT: Refdesk is not about revenue. Refdesk is not about traffic. Refdesk is not about promotional vehicles or any form of commercialism. Refdesk is only about indexing quality Internet sites and assisting visitors in navigating these sites. At Refdesk that is all that counts and that is all that will ever count. Since 1995, Refdesk free and family friendly.
Avaritia facit Bardus - Greed makes you stupid.
The other interesting fact is that Bob Drudge created and still edits RefDesk. Oh yeah, his son was so impressed with refdesk he started a site too.
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