by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Wednesday June 09, 2010 @09:25AM (#32509370)
... productivity.
When Google was new It was a wonder. I could use it to help solve problems (such as identifying error codes when the servers went down), locating reveiws of products (saving me the expense of subscribing to loads of computer magazines and the time searching through them when I needed to buy something) and finding snippets of code when I needed to develop a program. As the web gets older and older there is more and more out of date information that I have to dig through. Plus when Google (and Yahoo) killed off Usenet (with an assist from Andrew Cuomo) the utility of the Usenet information structure has been destroyed (which the world is still trying to recreate with Keywords).
As Google has added more and more information it gets less and less useful. Plus the rise in SEO makes it even harder to find what I need (But I find lots of useless stuff that people have paid to get put in front of my eyes). Of course it probably isn't in Google's best interest to help me locate information that I need in the most efficient way. The more I have to sort through the crap they now deliver the more ad revenue they generate.
Too bad Bing sucks. I would really appreciate and alternative to Google.
wrong. they don't pay for showing ads, they pay if YOU click ads.
if they serve you with crappy results, the advertisement targeted is going to suck.
on the other hand, if they provide accurate results, there is a chance the ads being shown are interested for you. you don't think google is efficient or helpful?
go one week not using it and then decide if google is not making you more productive.
Actually, the advertisers decide what gets put for a keyword (that and the frequency ads are clicked, along with the price advertisers are willing to pay).
I've run a few ads, and it costs me about $1.50-$3.00/click for the ads i ran.
I make damned sure that I am relevant, and what I think someone is looking for, because that money should not be wasted.
As the web gets older and older there is more and more out of date information that I have to dig through.
Google does have an option to filter by age. But I'm a bit puzzled by your examples. Reviews, code samples, error messages, none of which seem to me to be terribly date dependent.
Reviews are typically for a specific product or version of product. Code snippets don't expire on date. Neither do error messages.
What can I say, I don't share your experience. Google typically hands me highly relevant results.
Perhaps this varies by region. I tend to get plenty of "proper" review sites in the top 10 results. More than enough to get the information I need, at least.
And yet Google adds less and less to my .... (Score:4, Interesting)
... productivity.
When Google was new It was a wonder. I could use it to help solve problems (such as identifying error codes when the servers went down), locating reveiws of products (saving me the expense of subscribing to loads of computer magazines and the time searching through them when I needed to buy something) and finding snippets of code when I needed to develop a program. As the web gets older and older there is more and more out of date information that I have to dig through. Plus when Google (and Yahoo) killed off Usenet (with an assist from Andrew Cuomo) the utility of the Usenet information structure has been destroyed (which the world is still trying to recreate with Keywords).
As Google has added more and more information it gets less and less useful. Plus the rise in SEO makes it even harder to find what I need (But I find lots of useless stuff that people have paid to get put in front of my eyes). Of course it probably isn't in Google's best interest to help me locate information that I need in the most efficient way. The more I have to sort through the crap they now deliver the more ad revenue they generate.
Too bad Bing sucks. I would really appreciate and alternative to Google.
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It's easy:
http://www.google.com/?q="mysearchterm"&modifier="no_empty_review_sites+no_sites_hosted_by_godaddy"
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wrong. they don't pay for showing ads, they pay if YOU click ads.
if they serve you with crappy results, the advertisement targeted is going to suck.
on the other hand, if they provide accurate results, there is a chance the ads being shown are interested for you.
you don't think google is efficient or helpful?
go one week not using it and then decide if google is not making you more productive.
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Actually, the advertisers decide what gets put for a keyword (that and the frequency ads are clicked, along with the price advertisers are willing to pay).
I've run a few ads, and it costs me about $1.50-$3.00 /click for the ads i ran.
I make damned sure that I am relevant, and what I think someone is looking for, because that money should not be wasted.
Re:And yet Google adds less and less to my .... (Score:5, Interesting)
Use Google CodeSearch, it's more adapted to developers:
http://google.com/codesearch [google.com]
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Google does have an option to filter by age. But I'm a bit puzzled by your examples. Reviews, code samples, error messages, none of which seem to me to be terribly date dependent.
Reviews are typically for a specific product or version of product. Code snippets don't expire on date. Neither do error messages.
What can I say, I don't share your experience. Google typically hands me highly relevant results.
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IMO, real product reviews are hard to find because of SEO. Everything else he mentioned I have no problem with.
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Perhaps this varies by region. I tend to get plenty of "proper" review sites in the top 10 results. More than enough to get the information I need, at least.
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Did you read that "does" as "does not", by any chance?
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Too bad Bing sucks. I would really appreciate and alternative to Google.
So basically, you admit they're the best, but you hate them?
Maybe it's not malice - it's just harder to do what you want than you think...