DM News: Dogpile, Hotbot Debut New Search Toolbars

Dogpile and Hotbot both released new versions of their search toolbar applications. Both add new features, such as streaming headlines and searching local hard drives, constituting a re-emergence of the ancient "push" trend of 1996.

Back then, many applications were made, most to modify existing browsers, but the ever-changing nature of the browser applications - in the midst of the Microsoft-Netscape "browser wars" - made the add-ons obsolete within weeks or months. After a brief period of push mania, including an entire special issue of the then-revered Wired magazine, it died out quietly, as users found it quite limited in use.