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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: mkjessup

Let's all learn to say, "GOOGLE" in Chinese. I'll bet they've let the Chinese tap into what we do searches on, and that would allow a re-routing, to whatever they'd like us to see...


61 posted on 05/16/2006 9:13:46 AM PDT by Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin
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To: WIladyconservative
Why not just just the grammatically correct terms "Hey, why don't you SEARCH for it?"


Well, because when I use the word "Google" as a verb when answering a question, it's usually because I'm in a hurry.

If I used your suggestion (which is an excellent suggestion, by the way), he would probably respond by asking, "Where?" And then I would be forced to elaborate on the intransitive verb of "search" with a specific name of a search engine, such as Google, Yahoo, or All the Web, which may lead me into a conversation I didn't have time for at that particular moment. And knowing my luck, by the time I briefly explained the advantages and disadvantages of various and sundry search engines to the first person, someone else in the room would invariably walk up and ask, "Search fer whut?"

At this point, I would either have to say, "Mind your own da*n business" and walk off, or I would have to answer the second person's question by replacing the object of the preposition in the original answer -- the word "it" -- by repeating myself all over again.

Which, as you've likely concluded by now, would lead me right back to my dilemma at the beginning of my conversation with the first person -- how to  answer sufficiently a valid question without wasting time by using unnecessary verbiage.

All this could be avoided by answering in the first place: "Why don'cha Google it?" 

;-)

62 posted on 05/16/2006 9:28:36 AM PDT by Nita Nupress
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To: razorback-bert
I googled blonde and got you.
Results 1 - 10 of about 80,400,000 for blonde [definition]. (0.08 seconds)


I don't know if I believe this or not.

It makes for a good pick-up line if you're ever in a bar, though. ;-)

63 posted on 05/16/2006 9:37:01 AM PDT by Nita Nupress
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To: doc30; ordinaryguy

Yeah, it's not ABC simple. But nothing is. It's not hard to put it in quotes. It's simple enough so that everyone can understand. Yes they could and ,I guess, should make it simpler, but most people shouldn't need that.

Just because something needs a very small amount of knowledge dosn't mean that it is messed up. Just some really simple fiddling around with words and you can find pretty much anything you want. Google is simpler than most other computer stuff.


64 posted on 05/16/2006 3:03:35 PM PDT by onja ("The government of England is a limited mockery." (France is a complete mockery.)
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To: onja
Yeah, it's not ABC simple. But nothing is.

Until the Big Daddy update, Google was that simple.

It's simple enough so that everyone can understand. Yes they could and ,I guess, should make it simpler, but most people shouldn't need that.

And that attitude is why many others failed where Google succeeded.

Just some really simple fiddling around with words and you can find pretty much anything you want.

The same goes for spelling errors, but Google helps the user correct spelling mistakes. I've seen activity logs for search engines without spelling correction. It isn't pretty. The searcher fiddles around with words and often gives up, rather than finding what they wanted.

Anyway, please tell me, what is the appropriate response to a query for privacy service (without quotes). Is it a collection of privacy policies (Google's current behavior), or is it links to various privacy services (Google's previous behavior, and the suggestion of the article)? Which provides the user with what they were looking for? Is the appropriate response to provide the user with what they were looking for?

65 posted on 05/16/2006 3:46:35 PM PDT by ordinaryguy
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To: onja; whd23

You guys are either not bothering to read what I wrote carefully or do not understand it.

In the case I mentioned a search on peoplescube or thepeoplesbcube or peoples (and) cube or thepeoplescube.com did not return hits, yet a search on "thepeoplescube.com", did.

I repeat, a search on thepeoplescube.com did not return hits. A search "thepeoplescube.com" did. I am fully aware of the value of using quotes to limit search results to a specific order of the words in the search. That is not what was happening in that case and may also apply to this one.


66 posted on 05/16/2006 6:29:52 PM PDT by Northern Alliance
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To: mkjessup

I have not and have no plans to use Google. I'm a creature of habit- started with Yahoo years ago- still use it. I've tried others- but always come back to Yahoo.


67 posted on 05/16/2006 6:35:32 PM PDT by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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To: Northern Alliance

Here's what I found when I typed in thepeoplescube.com at Yahoo: I did not use " "

The People's Cube - Correct Opinions for Progressive Liberals - Political Humor & Satire
... your letters to Ahmadinejad here: redsquare@thepeoplescube.com ... The People's Cube" (ThePeoplesCube.com) was purged from Google ... one from Google to ThePeoplesCube.com. We tried American ...www.thepeoplescube.com - 282k - Cached - More from this site - Save
The People's Cube - Progressive Truth Generator(TM)
For people's activists: a brainstorming tool that will boost your creativity and hopefully result in a surge of extremely useful and vibrant organizations, groups, fronts, initiatives, leagues, unions, centers, and movements. Unite! Organize! ...www.thepeoplescube.com/Rhetoric/index.php - 6k - Cached - More from this site - Save
Groupthink :: Cafepress.com Censors The People's Cube
... See more on this in the People's Blog: http://www.thepeoplescube.com/red/viewtopic.php?t=313 ... http://www.thepeoplescube.com/red/viewtopic.php?t=309 ... and I will now ...www.thepeoplescube.com/red/viewtopic.php?t=309 - 260k - Cached - More from this site - Save


68 posted on 05/16/2006 6:40:57 PM PDT by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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To: SE Mom

That is now. My comments on thepeoplescube.com referred to an old thread.


69 posted on 05/16/2006 7:02:34 PM PDT by Northern Alliance
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To: Northern Alliance; onja
You guys are either not bothering to read what I wrote carefully or do not understand it.

Actually, I don't think you wrote it all that carefully in the first place.

In the case I mentioned a search on peoplescube or thepeoplesbcube or peoples (and) cube or thepeoplescube.com did not return hits, yet a search on "thepeoplescube.com", did.

None of this information was in your previous post. It's rather unfair for you to expect other members of FR to read your mind when you mention (but do not provide a link to): "...a similar thread regarding http://thepeoplescube.com/ several months ago."

70 posted on 05/17/2006 3:24:58 AM PDT by whd23
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To: whd23

Google this: "Anal retentive"


71 posted on 05/17/2006 4:18:58 AM PDT by Northern Alliance
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To: Northern Alliance
Google this: "Anal retentive"

Hmm... I only get one hit: Northern Alliance

72 posted on 05/17/2006 4:49:11 AM PDT by whd23
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To: Kieri

You know, I kind of thought something had changed too - but back maybe 2 months ago or so.

Of course absent hard facts, it could just be all in my mind.

What's scary about Google is their immense power to skew information in one direction or another.


73 posted on 05/17/2006 7:40:09 AM PDT by Pessimist
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To: Northern Alliance

I guess I'll agree to disagree. I personally find it easy enough to enter "the People's Cube". I ran that and found it at 1st. I'll try to find that other thread. Hope I didn't misunderstand again.


74 posted on 05/17/2006 5:48:09 PM PDT by onja ("The government of England is a limited mockery." (France is a complete mockery.)
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To: Northern Alliance
I checked out that thread. What effect does that have on this? The People's Cube was wrong about that too. I did tons of variations of that and they all worked. Just that one weak example. If you directly search that www.thepeoplescube or thepeoplescube.com or many others you still find it.

If there was some accidental mistake(yes, they do happen) apparently it's been fixed. Again, I hope I didn't misunderstand you.
75 posted on 05/17/2006 6:10:56 PM PDT by onja ("The government of England is a limited mockery." (France is a complete mockery.)
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