Today on Google.
It doesn’t work in Firefox 12.0, not what I’d call antiquated.
Next? I reckon that at some big US holiday you will have to sign in to Google to see these doodles in action.
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No Support at Google
9 days left.
Nothing will change in 10 days I’m sure. They have no Support.
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Words not sentences
Amit Singhal, the man who re-wrote the famous Google search algorithm, ….”You need to be able to have a conversation with your search engine” Google search overhaul – Telegraph.
Garbage. I don’t want a conversation, I want the result.
Person says to a Man: “Where is the Wheatsheaf pub”
Man replies: “To the end of the road, turn left, it’s about half mile down on the right”
Person says to a Woman: “Where is the Wheatsheaf pub”
Woman replies: “Oh that’s a lovely pub, going there for a meal maybe? Do try the beef there, they cook it perfectly. Had our anniversary there. If you go to the end of the road and turn … left … yes.. it’s on the right”
I want Google and other search engines to give me the Man answer. It takes less time and is more accurate. I just want the result and the longer you make it, the more chatty it is the less likely I will come back. And a conversation generally involves both sides exchanging information. Google – you have enough.
“Why shouldn’t a search engine, which I have built a personalised relationship with, be able to sync up all that information and tell me when I am near a shop which has a gift in it that my dad would like at a time when I am free?”
If you find that appealing you need your head felt.
I live in a house with 3 woman. I know very well what the difference is between Man speak and Woman speak. I am right.
You on the cheap
Whore yourself out to Google and get $5!
I’d do it for Bing.
The G
D was having problems with Netflix in Firefox, just couldn’t get it to work. She got it working in Safari but doesn’t like Safari. I suggested she download Chrome. She said no “Google has enough of my life”.
Good girl :)
Google. Wrong.
Firefox. Cookies cleared on exit, Ghostery / Better Privacy / Adblock. This what Google says it knows about me.
Chrome. Used for work. Nothing cleared, adblock running for one domain. No other privacy stuff.
“Dance & Electronic Music” is right.
If you are logged in to Google, click this to see what it knows about you.
– I just asked the wife to use the same link. It got her interests, age and sex right. I asked her if this mattered to her. Nope. Just me then :)
Another Google gripe.
Why can’t the people who make GMail have a “Next Unread” shortcut? Why can’t I specify a filtered list to show just unread first? Why don’t GMail listen to the constant feedback they’ve had about this since they launched the product? “Hey, keep all your email here – but we won’t help you sort them as you wish. Oh no, we know better.” Very very irritating.
Hosts
Chrome is not obeying my hosts file. Firefox does but Chrome – in Google’s infinite wisdom – does not look there so consequently doesn’t block what I want it to. Whose machine is this?
Google (again)
I was grateful that Google didn’t own Facebook, Twitter, my WordPress site and/or Flickr. All was not lost. I was high fiving myself for having the foresight to switch my blog to WordPress.