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19-12-2003, 07:48
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i do lines
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Poland/Denmark
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funny, WordWeb (http://wordweb.info/free/) has exactly the same definition! Word for word. ...
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19-12-2003, 14:17
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Floating libation anyone?
Join Date: Apr 2003
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Anyway, I'm past that point...my point was more along the lines that not every practice Google employs is respectable. Google-watch.org wouldn't exisit without this premise (and I'm glad you read some of it btw). I use Google almost every day, but I choose to be a skeptic. PS- Quote:
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20-12-2003, 04:52
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trouble free and loverlee
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: YooKay
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I don't have to admit it because I simply don't agree with it. Four main players in SE market. Three in the OS market. Given that all search engines are free to use from the start, the market is open to all who wish to throw their hat into the ring. What do you think Google has done that has been anti-competitive? What do you think it has done that restricts the choice of users? Given that Google is a non-embedded search engine, how can it be deemed as monopolistic in the face of embedded engines such as AOL and MSN? Given that it *is* the number one SE of choice people have had to come to it. Quote:
You're absolutely right. MS's market share is considerably higher than Google's meagre 29-36% market share. Quote:
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Do you have reason to believe that Google's contributory status with Yahoo and AOL was achieved through foul means rather than fair? There are also other powers behind Yahoo such as Overture. In fact, the market is much more incestuous than simply stating that Google powers Yahoo and AOL. Even accounting for the incestuousness of the search engine market and how that may distort SE market share figures, not one figure gives Google a market share higher than the 93.2% that MS enjoys. I appreciate that you have certain views Oto, but the facts of the matter simply don't support the accusation of a Google monopoly. The Google-watch articles contain more childish diatribe than considered examination and relies on emotive language to make its points and whip up the anti-Google sentiment. Looking through the list of points about Google, I can see that some of them are outright wrong. But then why let facts get in the way of a good rant, eh? It's simply tabloid journalism and there are better places to get you information. More info: Nielsen NetRatings Search Engine Ratings Who powers who? Google Grabs Globe, U.S. to Yahoo! |
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20-12-2003, 05:23
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sflwa.com
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Southsea
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Im a mac user (duh!) and i get irritated when I go to help somone on their PC at work with IE when theyre trying to access a site and they put the whole www.malarkey in MSNs search field rather than the proper address field in IE. Also the way if you miss of the www. in IE on windows it searches for it with MSN rather than trying without the www. then with it (i could be wrong, maybe it tries without the www. then searches but it definatly doesnt add the www itself). Seems MS is training its users to be idiots (which is funny as MacOS was always seen as the computer idiots OS - unfairly IMHO) or its about to lose the address field completly and force users to use the MSN search engine. And those damn bar ads that go huge when you roll over - gahhh. IE on a pc seems a really bad choice of browser |
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20-12-2003, 07:14
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I Call Shenanigans™
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Manchester, England.
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You are wrong - it does add the www. - it searches with msn when the address cant be found. IE on pc may be a bad choice, but is also the most widely used combination on the web. |
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21-12-2003, 08:59
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Floating libation anyone?
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: El Barco del Amor
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There's a nice keyboard shortcut in IE - PC for .com addresses. Type in your site name, for example: malarky then hit control & enter... You get a nice formatted .com address like this and site browsing begins automatically: http://www.malarky.com/ PS-Bill, thanks for the lecture (AGAIN)...I hope you didn't spend too much time researching it, because as I said, everyone's opinion of Google is too rosy and "my point was more along the lines that not every practice Google employs is respectable". ...Have a nice holiday. I'm off for a week for holiday vacation. Later all! ...and to all a good night. fun: HGC v.4 | last.fm: DT | me | oi! f*ck u roto: ...via meebo!
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