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Seeing beyond the obvious at Google
The Boston Globe ^
| 6/23/2003
| Michelle Johnson
Posted on 06/23/2003 1:19:47 PM PDT by Radix
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:10:11 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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How many times a day do you hit google.com? And what do you do once you get there? Type in a couple of keywords and hit the search button, right? Well, if that's the extent of your interaction with Google, you're missing out on some useful tools and cool features.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: google; internet; search
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To: Wright is right!
Sorry to hear of your business woes.
Nevertheless, it seems like Google returns the page containing the information I'm looking for at the top of its results list 99% of the time, and it's almost never deeper than 2nd or 3rd. Granted, I think the quality of search terms has a lot to do with it.
Now, if you're selling ink jet cartridge refill kits, you're probably SOL.
Froogle.com should be useful to consumers, but I have yet to see how.
Oh, well. Sooner or later, Google will be bought out and soon afterward morph into just another load of cr*p. Perhaps the only reason it hasn't yet happened is the lack of a non-compete clause acceptable to both sides.
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posted on
06/23/2003 2:05:14 PM PDT
by
newgeezer
(*I'm nothing more than a satisfied customer.)
To: Radix
While some of this may be true, I typed in the first exercise on name and zip and got nothing like the story. What is interesting is if someone is in another cournty and you look them up, google will translate the page into english.
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posted on
06/23/2003 2:05:24 PM PDT
by
q_an_a
To: w_over_w
LOL, w, thinking about you the other day when BBQing a brisket over mesquite. Going to have some in a bit, BTW.
Miss ol' WhatNot, but guess he was getting bashed pretty hard and wondered, "Why take this!??"
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posted on
06/23/2003 2:16:27 PM PDT
by
Ff--150
(100-Fold Return)
To: q_an_a
It worked when I tried it.
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posted on
06/23/2003 2:18:42 PM PDT
by
kms61
To: q_an_a
The feature of putting listed phone numbers into google and getting the maps to the location is very useful for quick driving directions.
To: Ff--150
I'll tell WhatNot your sentiments.
Bon Apetite! (Oooops! I shouldn't be using french)
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posted on
06/23/2003 2:50:38 PM PDT
by
w_over_w
(Recall "Lightsout Davis"!)
To: w_over_w
BUMP
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posted on
06/23/2003 3:02:01 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Californians are as dumm as a sack of rocks)
To: stainlessbanner
Lazamataz is evil I tell you pure evil!!!!!!!!
To: newgeezer
I installed it and it shows up on the tool bar but it doesn't do ANYTHING!...it just sits there.
Can't find any way of activating it.
Is this some kind of 'April Fool' thing?
To: w_over_w
I'll tell WhatNot your sentiments. We'll keep looking for him Google, alright?
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posted on
06/23/2003 3:27:19 PM PDT
by
Ff--150
(100-Fold Return)
To: Ff--150
We'll keep looking for him Google, alright?Roger that . . . or see him at "the gathering". \o/
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posted on
06/23/2003 3:51:47 PM PDT
by
w_over_w
(Recall "Lightsout Davis"!)
To: capt. norm
I installed it and it shows up on the tool bar but it doesn't do ANYTHING!...it just sits there. Can't find any way of activating it. Is this some kind of 'April Fool' thing?If you can't see the blank, white box on the taskbar, or have some other issue, check the FAQ (e.g. "I use Windows XP. When I open DQSD I only see the word 'Search' on my taskbar. Why?").
Did you read "What is it?" at http://www.dqsd.net/?
If you see its blank, white box in the taskbar, you can get help. Click in the box, type '?' (no quotes) and press Enter.
No April Fool's joke, it's one of the most useful tools I've ever seen, and it's free.
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posted on
06/24/2003 6:22:01 AM PDT
by
newgeezer
(We learn by trail and errror. :-)
To: Radix; sweetliberty
bookmarked!
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01/06/2004 3:50:58 PM PST
by
nicmarlo
To: Radix
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01/06/2004 3:52:48 PM PST
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Truth666
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