EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | Too early?
Has VZW even announced or done anything relating to open access end-user policies? Just seems to be paranoia. |
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RadioDoc
Sortofadog
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
Chicago, IL
 ·AT&T Midwest
| Massive amounts of Google PR lip flapping, nothing more. People continue to forget that Google is an advertising company and they are very good at promoting themselves via press release and posturing.
Before the end of the decade they will be as hated as Microsoft is now.
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CylonRed
Premium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County
·Speakeasy
| And I have yet to figure out why Google got to where it is now - I am flummoxed as to how they did it. Maybe because pure marketing does not sway me in my decisions.
I still use Yahoo because its search is no worse than Google. I have yet to not be able to find anything I search for on Yahoo and I have no need for all of the other free goodies they advertise.
Just like with Apple - I have not swallowed the Kool-Aid and caved adn bought a ixxxx and I won't just like I have no need for Google branded anything. |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
Premium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
 ·Cox HSI
·AT&T Southwest
| reply to RadioDoc
said by RadioDoc  :Before the end of the decade they will be as hated as Microsoft is now. That would be an epic achievement. They'd have to really start screwing people over for a lot of money in short order to have a chance of reaching that milestone....
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Crookshanks
join:2008-02-04
Endicott, NY
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said by CylonRed :And I have yet to figure out why Google got to where it is now Because they offered a decent (superior, IMHO but YMMV) search engine that returned uncluttered results free of any mandate from the corporate overlords to become a "portal"? Because they had a legitimately new idea (at the time) of basing search rankings off the number of sites that link to you, thus returning more relevant results?
said by CylonRed :I still use Yahoo because its search is no worse than Google. I would debate that point but even if I concede that it's true today it definitely wasn't true when Google first appeared on the scene. Search used to be a nightmare of less then helpful results and cluttered search engines trying to be everything (portals) and keep you on their sites as long as possible. Google was the first outfit that came up with the theory of getting you OFF their site as quickly as possible by returning relevant results with an uncluttered user interface.
Google has done some things that I'm not real thrilled about (*cough* G-mail privacy policy *cough*) but you are blind if you think they haven't revolutionized search. |
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CylonRed
Premium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County
·Speakeasy
| I don't find anything in Yahoo that is cluttered - I have a MyYahoo so I can see stock and mutual funds I own and see the news in one place all neatly organized (even a couple of years ago). I have yet to come across a search that had any where near different results than Google.
I used Google a few times when it first came out and went - "what is the fuss all about...? It's a search engine." Even with rankings - which in my experience - is not horribly accurate even today. I am just as likely to find the link I need with a ranking of 85% than getting a link ranked at 95+%.
I still have the same reaction today to Google, when I do use it. |
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RadioDoc
Sortofadog
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
Chicago, IL
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to KrK
For a good part of Google's life they were an entrepreneurial private company run by some smart people who liked what they were building. Then the money came, and with it public ownership.
Microsoft paved this path two decades ago. I suggest you read up on what Google has been up to for the last couple of years.
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