I recall those old search engines as well. I seem to remember that Google search was basically built on top of Netscape Navigator?

On the second point.

Yep It's a weird one? Some of my blogger friends seem really freaked out?
It's almost as if they can't believe that it actually pays out more than what they've been slaving over for years.
I must say I was pleasantly surprised by my results.
I wasn't expecting to earn anything but I really like the steemit platform and the people I've met.
Maybe they've met a few spammers here?
I did see one known spammer. Bilal Hader rep-1 followed one of them?