No not surprised but it is funny that they think this even helps their cause even slightly. It's as though they think if someone is searching for that specific term then not returning results related to it will make them think - 'O windows can't be so expensive because the interweb says so!'
Who searches for "why is Windows so expensive" other than people who are religiously anti-Microsoft anyway? Can they offer some examples of skewed search results that somebody outside of Slashdot will care about?
Try "Why is windows crashing so often". Same hilarity.
And this is something I would have a reason to search about. Or do you want to imply that anybody outside of Slashdot would never be critical of microsoft?
It's as though they think if someone is searching for that specific term then not returning results related to it will make them think - 'O windows can't be so expensive because the interweb says so!'
for a frightening number of people that is most certainly true.
Parallel lines never meet, unless you bend one or both of them.
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Surprised, why?
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Well, basically, that is how Korea is run.
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I just did and would you believe it but (Score:2)
it found stories on "How to fix Windows crashes in minutes" (In seconds: "Pull the plug" :-) and "Why is my FireFox crashing so often?"
Oh yeah, those are trustworthy results... :-)
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why does windows crash so often?
1) Why does Chrome crash so often on facebook.com? - Google Chrome Help
2) Why Flash CS4 might crash so often
Nah, no skewing there at all. Well, actually, I just thought I would punch the EXACT same thing into google. Same result for the top answer.
Either way, that was my first, and very likely last foray into the world of bing.com.
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I know many people who only run Windows who do nothing but complain about it. You don't have to be a happy customer to be a customer.
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for a frightening number of people that is most certainly true.