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Something Is Broken at Google
Cotse.Net ^ | 05-16-2006 | Steve Gielda

Posted on 05/16/2006 4:30:51 AM PDT by mkjessup

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To: csvset

Clusty has the cache function! Thanks! I've been looking forever, (although it HAS been a long time since I last looked). I've never seen that search engine before.


41 posted on 05/16/2006 6:11:48 AM PDT by Nita Nupress
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To: TonyRo76

ROFL! Funny. Yeah, maybe I shouldn't use that one in polite company.


42 posted on 05/16/2006 6:15:37 AM PDT by Nita Nupress
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To: mkjessup

Dogpile!


43 posted on 05/16/2006 6:16:49 AM PDT by Panzerlied ("We shall never surrender!")
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To: Nita Nupress
The legitimate alternative just doesn't flow well for me: "Hey, why don't you 'general search engine' it?"

Why not just just the grammatically correct terms "Hey, why don't you SEARCH for it?"

44 posted on 05/16/2006 6:18:02 AM PDT by WIladyconservative
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To: ordinaryguy
Yahoo.

Well, so it does. Now don't I feel silly. It's obviously been a while since I last looked for alternatives. It looks like other companies are finally catching up with the Big Dog, which is quite pleasing. Thanks!

45 posted on 05/16/2006 6:19:01 AM PDT by Nita Nupress
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To: mkjessup

I did a simple search for the words privacy service (no quote marks). Cotse.net came up 2nd. Google is playing around here, for sure.


46 posted on 05/16/2006 6:20:40 AM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: WIladyconservative
And let's not forget the public service of "googling" anonymously. here (google anon)
47 posted on 05/16/2006 6:22:17 AM PDT by WIladyconservative
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To: Panzerlied

Forget Dogpile. Its main component is google.


48 posted on 05/16/2006 6:25:58 AM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: Nita Nupress

I googled blonde and got you.


49 posted on 05/16/2006 6:30:10 AM PDT by razorback-bert (Kooks For Kinky)
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To: Echo Talon

"I hardly ever use google, i mostly use Yahoo"

I mostly use msn


50 posted on 05/16/2006 6:37:10 AM PDT by Seattle Conservative (God Bless and protect our troops and their CIC)
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To: ordinaryguy

Good question. I haven't looked into it for a few years. But used to be there was a link off their website. I just went looking for it and couldn't find it.

They still use editors though for ranking. I found this article while I was searching for a link to apply to be an editor.

http://ezinearticles.com/?How-Googles-Editors-Tag-and-Destroy-Offensive-Affiliate-Sites&id=81607


51 posted on 05/16/2006 6:41:37 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: mkjessup
I have been using Clusty since a FReeper recommended it a while back. Yesterday I was looking for transmission problems on 2003 Lincoln LS models because the one we road tested had a bad converter lockup flaw. Google gave me lots of irrelevant sites, mostly sites to buy something.

I still use Ask Jeeves a bit with good results. Of course I'm just a dumb home user...
52 posted on 05/16/2006 7:01:45 AM PDT by tubebender (Tagline...I don't need no stinking tagline...)
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To: mkjessup
I can't put my finger on exactly when it happened but Google's jumped the shark bigger than any internet company I've ever seen.

Some day in the not too distant future, we'll all be opining about how "I'm old enough to remember when Google was a search engine" the same way some of us can say "I'm old enough to remember when MTV played music videos."

 

53 posted on 05/16/2006 7:05:43 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (ISLAM: The Other Psychosis)
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To: doc30

doc30 wrote:

> it is a useless waste of bandwidth. <

So do you prefer that they become a useful waste of bandwidth?


54 posted on 05/16/2006 7:08:30 AM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: mkjessup

I have been using www.goodsearch.com for the past month or so. This is a search engine using yahoo technology that donates 1 cent for every search made to a charity of your choosing. The estimate that the site gives is that is a group of 10K people could generate over $70k in donations. Pretty sweet.


55 posted on 05/16/2006 7:11:09 AM PDT by SoftballMominVA
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To: mkjessup

". . .is like telling them not to think of a purple elephant."

I've never thought of a purple elephant in my life.


56 posted on 05/16/2006 7:12:00 AM PDT by righttackle44 (The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
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To: SoftballMominVA

I checked them out, sounds like a good idea. Since "Free Republic" did not come up as a listed charity (and may not be eligible) does anyone know any conservative oriented charities that Goodsearch supports?


57 posted on 05/16/2006 7:20:21 AM PDT by hunter112 (Total victory at home and in the Middle East!)
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To: Hawthorn

Naturally. IMHO, most of the interent is a useful waste of bandwidth ;)


58 posted on 05/16/2006 7:25:03 AM PDT by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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To: mkjessup

ping to read later


59 posted on 05/16/2006 7:40:08 AM PDT by Alex Murphy (Colossians 4:6)
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To: hunter112
I am supporting the Wisconsin Synod Lutheran Church. Very conservative (NOT associated with the very, very liberal Lutheran Church of America or Evangelical Lutheran Church)

One could also put down Salvation Army as a conservative charity

60 posted on 05/16/2006 8:35:30 AM PDT by SoftballMominVA
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