I wonder what they mean by "oldest entries" after doing a query for "Apple II". The first two results were this day in history style pages, with the first page having a publication date in 2019. The third pointed to a Wikipedia article, and the next two pointed to abstracts of articles published in the years following the introduction of the Apple II (which I suppose is valid, even though it wasn't what I was expecting).
In order to be a meaningful tool, there needs to be a meaningful definition of oldest entries. Pulling up pages with accurate dates, such as the abstracts, or even when the pages were originally indexed would be far more useful. (Since I am assuming that it is next to impossible to ascertain when content was actually posted.)
Agreed, this is a sort of proof of concept version, and ideally we could more effectively filter out inaccurately dated pages.
Like I mentioned in my original comment, we're performing a custom google search, so unfortunately we're reliant on those results. In a future I'd love to add additional sources like usenet and historical documents!
In order to be a meaningful tool, there needs to be a meaningful definition of oldest entries. Pulling up pages with accurate dates, such as the abstracts, or even when the pages were originally indexed would be far more useful. (Since I am assuming that it is next to impossible to ascertain when content was actually posted.)