[gray]

if you dont know the meaning of a word type -

define design (for eg)

into the google search bar and it gives you a definition!

or type -

10 * 4

and its a calculator too... fantabidosy

[Brown]

something new every day...

[oli]

and you can translate it into klingon

[tomson]

thats always handy

[ncrossland]

Try

(speed of light) / 1000

or

200lbs in kg

[Brown]

'define google' nice touch

[Brown]

google rocks. its a one box wonder.

[greenfruit]

the answer to life, the universe and everything

hehe

[Stickman]

Originally Posted by gray

if you dont know the meaning of a word type -

define design (for eg)

That should be:

define: design

But it's still clever.

[gray]

Originally Posted by Stickman

That should be:

But it's still clever.

dont make me do a screen grab

[Brown]

yay, worked for me without the : too

[gray]

have we crossed the line of geek now?

[Brown]

i truly hope that's a long way off yet

[roto]

Not everyone thinks Google is so clever...well, maybe clever in its monopoly of the search engine market:

http://www.google-watch.org/
(yes, not the best design, but content matters here. Funny, Google's toolbar ranks google-watch.com 7 out of 10 in terms of importance. Expedia.com = 5/10 and Orbitz.com = 8/10. That's some pretty impressive company. Type in "bad google" and you'll find google-watch.com on the first page)

Interesting to note in the content of this site is the link off the main page that talks about the blatant disregard for YOUR privacy.

[stealthcow]

that cookies thing is a load of bollocks - cookies are required to remember user settings, its not possible for the cookie theyre showing to track peoples movements..

they set it to expire 40 years from now cause its easier than making it expire in 2 months when someone may be using teh same settings

[roto]

There's a bit more on the site than just the cookies issue, and I was pointing out that not everything google does is great. But then again, what is?

(rhetorical, or course, but I'm sure I'll get an answer)

[stealthcow]

google can track me to the hearts content if they want, they can enjoy looking at the statistics saying i search for things like "pantone table" and "ntl smtp server"

[oli]

and "milf"

[dan]

[Bill Posters]

Originally Posted by ®oto

Not everyone thinks Google is so clever...well, maybe clever in its monopoly of the search engine market.

How can Google be considered a monopoly when by their own admission...

Originally Posted by google-watch.org

Google is one of about four search engines that matter. There are many more than four engines, but only about four have the technology to crawl most of the web on a regular basis.

They got to their numbr 1 slot by being the best at what they do and capturing the public's imagination, not through unfairly dominating the alternatives or being the only choice.