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All I was saying, guys, is that I'm curious to know just what some of
those "hits" or "finds" or whatever you call them look like - you know,
the ones w-a-y- down the list.
Of COURSE they're probably not gonna be too specific to the keyword(s)
I've entered, but I'm just curious and wondered if there is a way to not
have to page down several hundred (or thousand) times to see "just
what's out there."
Columbus had a quest. Marco Polo had a quest. Eric the Red had a quest.
And this is mine. To see the end of the "hit list".
-- Kenpo in Atlanta
(with storms coming through right now)
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From: techwr-l-bounces+poshedlyk=polysius -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
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Behalf Of Fred Ridder
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 4:27 PM
To: David -dot- Dubin -at- sage -dot- com
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Google hits
I may be silly (or lazy, or even stupid), but I'd rather get 76 good
(i.e. meaningful and relevant) hits that are actually useful to me than
18000 incidental, useless hits that I don't have time to sift through.
It seems to me that Google is deliberately playing the numbers game to
make users believe that they are the only definitive and complete search
engine, and I think it winds up hurting the usefulness of their service.
>From: "Dubin, David" <David -dot- Dubin -at- sage -dot- com>
>To: <jmalin -at- jmalin -dot- com>,"Barry Campbell" <barry -dot- campbell -at- gmail -dot- com>
>CC: "Poshedly, Ken" <PoshedlyK -at- polysius -dot- com>,
>techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>Subject: RE: Google hits
>Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:50:46 -0000
>
>I just tried dogpile. I entered my name and got 76 hits. On Google, I
>got "about 18000." Yahoo gave me 2150 hits and Ask.com gave 1980. The
>same text entered the same way varies wildly, so I would use Google
>long before I would use dogpile.
>
>
>David B. Dubin
>Senior Curriculum Developer
>Sage Software
>727-579-1111 x 3356
>david -dot- dubin -at- sage -dot- com
>Your business in mind.
>
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>From: techwr-l-bounces+david -dot- dubin=sage -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+david -dot- dubin=sage -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
>Behalf Of Joe Malin
>Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 1:41 PM
>To: Barry Campbell
>Cc: Poshedly, Ken; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>Subject: Re: Google hits
>
>Heresy! Burn him at the stake!
>
>I work at Google as a tech writer...
>
>I think this is a good idea. Every search engine will have its own
>strengths and weaknesses. Also, regardless of the search, be specific
>as possible, look for exact phrases, and try some synonyms. Alas, the
>more you know about a subject, the better your search will be! If you
>know absolutely nothing, try a very broad search and then look through
>the top results, even if they aren't exactly what you want. By digging
>deeper, you may learn enough to make a good search.
>
>Joe
>
>Barry Campbell wrote:
> > (1) Don't use Google as your only search engine. Yahoo still works
> > nicely, as does Windows Live and Ask.com, but there are also
> > metasearch tools like Dogpile (http://www.dogpile.com/) which will
> > return results from Google, Yahoo, MSN Search, etc. with a single
> > query.
> >
>
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>*Joe Malin*
>
>jmalin -at- jmalin -dot- com <mailto:jmalin -at- jmalin -dot- com>
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