[Chester LUG] You've heard about the Google thing..

Thu Jan 26 15:48:25 UTC 2012

>"Customers who looked at this lady also liked..."

Inflatable dolls?

   Dave.

On 26/01/12 15:34, Les Pritchard wrote:
> In fact, that reminds me. A few years back I met a guy who was in the
> business of selling Eastern European wifes (although I think he worded
> it a bit better and legally than that!). He was setting up a website
> for his company, all I could think of were pages with the Amazon style
> "Customers who looked at this lady also liked..." at the bottom :-)
> 
> On 26 January 2012 15:30, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Blimey, their profiling is spot on!
>>
>> On 26 January 2012 15:25, Stuart Burns <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I guess for the time being I shall just put up with adverts for Russian
>>> brides, Viagra and hitmen for now. (kidding!)
>>>
>>>
>>> On 26 January 2012 15:22, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Yes, in a way Google is run in a very honest way. They're a bunch of
>>>> techies who don't enjoy the support and personal interaction. Normally
>>>> there's a buffer between them and customers in most companies, but
>>>> that never happened for Google.
>>>>
>>>> On 26 January 2012 15:07, David Holden <dh at iucr.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> The interesting thing to me about Google is their almost non existent
>>>>> support. More and more my online presence relies on them but if
>>>>> something goes wrong there appears to be little in the way of
>>>>> resolution, sans their poor help system. I compare this to say Amazon,
>>>>> who in my experience provide excellent support, their Kindle support is
>>>>> amazing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 26/01/12 15:00, Les Pritchard wrote:
>>>>>> Interesting stuff, the whole search engine world seemed to go very
>>>>>> quiet for a while - like everyone had given up and let Google get on
>>>>>> with it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The trouble with all of these is scaling and that's where Google got
>>>>>> it bang on. They've now got to such a size that all these other sites
>>>>>> feel so slow - even if we're just talking seconds!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's really good to have some more competition in this area though and
>>>>>> I'll have a good play. I do find it funny that this slightly
>>>>>> anti-Google conversation has included three Gmail users, I'm sure
>>>>>> they're watching us :-p
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Les
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 26 January 2012 14:27, Ben Arnold <BenArnold at fsfe.org> wrote:
>>>>>>> Highly recommended, I've had it as my default for months as the search
>>>>>>> box
>>>>>>> in my Opera no longer has a Google entry :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I believe this is (to become) the default in Linux Mint n+1, probably
>>>>>>> just
>>>>>>> Firefox but I imagine they could do it for all the browsers they
>>>>>>> package.
>>>>>>> The bang search terms are ridiculously useful, "!github <search>"
>>>>>>> etc.,
>>>>>>> though "!google <search terms>" not so much...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've also come across Seeks, http://www.seeks-project.info/ and search
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>> thier instance https://www.seeks-project.info/search.php, which I
>>>>>>> think
>>>>>>> that, as a decentralised service, aims to group users that search for
>>>>>>> similar terms so they can provide useful results for that group. Sort
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> like voting up, but not for individual searches. Yes, I'm still
>>>>>>> confused.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Until later,
>>>>>>> Ben
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 26 January 2012 12:52, Stuart Burns <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I found out about a new search engine and have been using it for a
>>>>>>>> week or
>>>>>>>> so. Google like it used to be, without annoying ads, tracking, and
>>>>>>>> asking do
>>>>>>>> I want to upload to + etc. It also, most importantly has good
>>>>>>>> privacy, and
>>>>>>>> all sorts of customisable options, to include fully secure search, no
>>>>>>>> search
>>>>>>>> term passing etc.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> www.duckduckgo.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's clean, it's simple, it's relevant and quick.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Also it has some geeky toys http://duckduckgo.com/goodies.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Ben Arnold
>>>>>>> Chester, UK
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Free Software Foundation (Europe) Fellow
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