The Man Who Hates Google
from the they're-evil dept
How could anyone hate Google? For many people, it has become their "other" brain. It's amazingly powerful at finding what you need. However, there's one guy who is not at all pleased with Google. He's a bit paranoid about their cookies, which is silly, because Google works without cookies as well. The thing that really pisses him off, is the fact that they don't rank his website highly enough. Because of this, he has concluded, Google's PageRank system is obviously flawed and has to go. It seems what he really wants is a Google with results that match his worldview. I have a really simple suggestion for this guy: go build your own search engine that does that.
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google, no cookies?
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Why I dislike Google...
http://www.listendontspeak.com/000645.html
http://www.listendontspeak.com/000644.html
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Google is over-rated. It is no different or better than other search engines. It's over-hyped, that's all. Get a life people!!
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Google is a good service
Ironically, I found this thread by searching on Google for "I hate Google". :P
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I can't stand Google, and I realize I'm probably in the minority. It's over-hyped, over-rated, and over-used. Also, it is blah and plain, not pleasing to the eye. You'd think they'd get a nicer design.
I see no advantages of Google over other search engines.
My opinion!
Borshe!
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When it comes down to it, what makes a good search engine good is two things. 1. Good programming. 2. Being popular and having lots of sites to submitted. This means that good search engines come and go with their popularity and I just tend to use one until something better comes along.
Make no mistake about it, one day (sooner or later) a new search engine will replace Google as "the people's search engine." It's just the nature of the game.
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The People's Search Engine
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Frustrated with Google
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I hate google
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Google can be tough
Google can be tough though and I'll tell you why. I run quite a few e-commerce sites and I built a website that ranked well under a certain term - we'll say 'widgets' - and ALSO ranked well for say 'quality widgets' which was a business segment that I was involved in, but not to a great extent. Since I ranked well under 'quality' widgets, I sold many and had to adjust my inventory requirements accordingly in order to meet demand. Sounds great, right? Well, its great until google changes its algorithms and suddenly your site no longer ranks well. As a result, inventory has to be depleted or liquidated so I had no choice but to opt for adwords and overture which on a cost per click basis made the sales of 'quality' widgets unprofitable. Lesson learned. Google DOES provide free marketing to companies, but don't count on it, you can only count on adwords and overture since it is PAID for. Google's relevance algorithm has the ability to quite literally put you into a business segment that you had no idea you were targeting. On my new site I am refusing access to the googlebot simply because I do not want the profit/loss column to be skewed by the 'free' marketing potential of google. From what I've read google's algorithm changes from time to time and it changes often enough that it might be unwise to base long term business plans around the development of your website and how well (or poorly) it might rank with google.
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i really dislike google
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lol
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For instance I needed an "APOSTILLE" (a sort of official seal) for a my Birth Certficate and College Degree so I could work abroad.
I did a search in google and got a bunch of vague references to apostilles on sub-pages of some government websites.
Out of curiosity, I typed apostille.com into my browser and got http://www.apostille.com in a flash, a service that has all the info I needed and got me the apostille I needed.
I checked their "relevence" according to google and found them on page 5 of search results for apostille.
Work that out google?
That is why I, and millions of others are leaving your search engine in our droves.
Google blows!
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