I consider myself an "old veteran" of the Internet. I have been using the Internet on a daily basis since October 1993. Of course, in those days it was mainly just emails through my university account. The Netscape browser had not even been invented, let alone Google, Hotmail or Facebook.

I have maintained a web presence through a website, in one guise or another, since 1995. The oldest domain name I presently own was bought in November 2000. This domain (mandar-marathe.com) was registered in 2006.

That was a time when I was the only "Mandar Marathe" on the web, and things were relatively simple. A Google search for "Mandar Marathe" resulted in my name at the top of the results page; the first 2-3 pages of search results were dominated by my various sites and pages.
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