Posted on 12/14/2008 6:11:18 AM PST by slnk_rules
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I see Google as a sort of modern, technocratic Communism. They started with this belief they were going to be hip and cool and everything corporate America wasn’t.
Then they started releasing these betas and applications where they made the design decisions, and dictated how people would use the web without regard for user preference in a lot of cases. They started to think they were smarter than not just the competition, but the users.
Then they realized they could make loads of money as a result of being special, oligarchic gatekeepers. Then they got in bed with China to censor the Internet (a true partnership with communism).
Now they are admitting they’re simply manipulating their product results from the inside. Now all the talk about the Democracy of the Internet is hollow. The Ministry of Truth lives.
Well, I officially love cuil.com now.
Search on: cooking pam
cuil.com CookingWithPam.com is #1
clusty.com CookingWithPam.com is #4, #5
google.com CookingWithPam.com doesn’t even show up in top 10
“Fairness Doctrine” should be rammed down Google’s throat. But of course the “Censorship Doctrine” only applies to Conservatives.
LOL...who’s Pam?
I like the way they use FoxNews as an example of selective news dissemination.
CNN or the rest of the MSM could be biased could they? LMAO
Guess. (Or read my tagline.) ;)
What do you use?
That was #2 on cuil, so I beat the big guns there!
(BTW, I’m living proof that “food doesn’t stick to Pam” is false. LOL)
**I stopped using Google as first choice search engine months ago just for this reason.**
What search engine do you recommend? I want to wean myself off Google.
I've seen that before. Tried to get a user manual for an old printer. The first result was 98$. Digging a little deeper I got down down to 20$. On E-bay I found a CD with needed info: 5$. Google failed me completely!
This is what I thought of when reading your post and listening a bit to Devvy. It's almost like everyone is feeling a pressure to do and spend for charitable work.
Live Search | A high power alternative to Google |
Search and Give | Uses the Live search engine but you can set up an account so that a charity or school of your choosing gets a few cents every time you search! |
Clusty Search | This is an alterative that draws from several search engines including Google unfortunately |
Live Toolbar | Need a toolbar alternative, use this one |
MSN Video | An alternative to YouTube for hosting your uploaded videos |
Live Maps | Need driving directions, this will work (Though I'll concede Google has an extra feature that's nice) |
Virtual Earth | An excellent 3D mapping program |
Live Mail Live Mail Client |
Plenty of space for all your email and a nice client for it as well! |
Live Spaces | A place to blog, host photos, store files, etc |
Photosynth | A very cool way of bringing dimensional perspective to your photographs |
Please note that Ask.com and About.com are owned by the New York Times.
http://www.searchengineguide.com/searchengines.html
Search Engines Directory
Internet search engines are categorized by topic in our searchable directory of general and specialty search engines. Also listed are resources and tools for exploring the deep web, performing advanced research, and for learning about using search engine tools and technology.
disturbing isn’t it, how the try turn us into cattle.
Posts 34 and 17 in this thread offer alternatives.
Thanks.
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