Author: <kamcginnis@gmail.com>
Posted: 2011-08-25 12:31:07 Link
Has anyone tried http://duckduckgo.com as a replacement for google? I search a lot of healthcare issues and it seems
to be much better for that.
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Author: Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox)
Posted: 2011-08-25 13:08:30 Link
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:31 AM, <kamcginnis@gmail.com> wrote:
> Has anyone tried http://duckduckgo.com as a replacement for google? I search a lot of healthcare issues and it seems
> to be much better for that.
Looks nice -- Stupidly, I didn't know that Googlemonster was tailoring
your search results based on what it *thinks* you want. (Bogus, though
I understand what they are trying to do, having personally been trying
to read users' minds for the last 25 years. [that is if the phrase
"users' minds" is not self-contradictory <g>].)
Ken
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Author: <kamcginnis@gmail.com>
Posted: 2011-08-25 13:16:15 Link
I see many posts about google tailoring results based on those that result in the highest income for google. Many of the
hits that I get with http://duckduckgo.com won't even come up on google no matter how much I change the search. For
example, I read a lot of things on cms.gov, www.nhicmedicare.com and other Medicare contractors. Google obviously does
not make any money from those searches and clicks.
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On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:31 AM, <kamcginnis@gmail.com> wrote:
> Has anyone tried http://duckduckgo.com as a replacement for google? I search a lot of healthcare issues and it seems
> to be much better for that.
Looks nice -- Stupidly, I didn't know that Googlemonster was tailoring
your search results based on what it *thinks* you want. (Bogus, though
I understand what they are trying to do, having personally been trying
to read users' minds for the last 25 years. [that is if the phrase
"users' minds" is not self-contradictory <g>].)
Ken
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Author: Mike Copeland
Posted: 2011-08-25 13:23:55 Link
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From: <kamcginnis@gmail.com>
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Date: 8/25/2011 12:16 PM
I see many posts about google tailoring results based on those that result in the highest income for google. Many of the
hits that I get with http://duckduckgo.com won't even come up on google no matter how much I change the search. For
example, I read a lot of things on cms.gov, www.nhicmedicare.com and other Medicare contractors. Google obviously does
not make any money from those searches and clicks.
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On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:31 AM,<kamcginnis@gmail.com> wrote:
> Has anyone tried http://duckduckgo.com as a replacement for google? I search a lot of healthcare issues and it seems
> to be much better for that.
Looks nice -- Stupidly, I didn't know that Googlemonster was tailoring
your search results based on what it *thinks* you want. (Bogus, though
I understand what they are trying to do, having personally been trying
to read users' minds for the last 25 years. [that is if the phrase
"users' minds" is not self-contradictory<g>].)
Ken
FWIW, I started noticing several months ago that if I searched for
certain products using Google that I would start seeing ads when using
Google the next time for that item a short time later (from minutes to
hours) and that would continue for several days. I don't think this is a
big secret...Google grooms the responses you get.
Mike
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Author: Paul McNett
Posted: 2011-08-25 13:31:44 Link
I'm disturbed that my wife and I will type the exact same query into Google, hit
"search" at the same instant, and get completely different results.
I've had good results with DDG in the past, but forgot about it I guess. Another
quiver in the toolkit!
Paul
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Author: Jeff Johnson
Posted: 2011-08-25 13:45:27 Link
On 08/25/2011 10:31 AM, Paul McNett wrote:
> I'm disturbed that my wife and I will type the exact same query into Google, hit
> "search" at the same instant, and get completely different results.
>
> I've had good results with DDG in the past, but forgot about it I guess. Another
> quiver in the toolkit!
>
> Paul
>
>
I have a product I sell and when I Google it I gave up after 12 pages.
DDG put me #3 on page 1!!!!!
Hey everyone... use duckduckgo.com! Please!
Jeff
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Author: MB Software Solutions, LLC
Posted: 2011-08-25 14:35:24 Link
On 8/25/2011 1:45 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> Hey everyone... use duckduckgo.com! Please!
Updated my search preference in Chrome! Thanks for the link!
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Author: Jerry Foote
Posted: 2011-08-25 14:38:06 Link
I Would pay a subscription for a objective search engine (not too much, say
12.00 a year)
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> Hey everyone... use duckduckgo.com! Please!
Updated my search preference in Chrome! Thanks for the link!
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Author: Ted Roche
Posted: 2011-08-25 15:31:45 Link
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Jerry Foote <jerryf@footegroup.com> wrote:
> I Would pay a subscription for a objective search engine (not too much, say
> 12.00 a year)
Objective by whose standards? And who watches the watchmen?
Advertisers make their money figuring out how to game the system.
There's an entire industry of SEO ("Search Engine Optimization")
specialists whose sole purpose is to work out the optimal way to
increase search visibility. There are legitimate methods (better
structured pages and good use of keywords) and not so much (setting up
farms of fake blogs - splogs - whose links back into a target site
give it false credibility and page rank.)
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Author: Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox)
Posted: 2011-08-25 15:32:42 Link
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Mike Copeland <mike@ggisoft.com> wrote:
> FWIW, I started noticing several months ago that if I searched for
> certain products using Google that I would start seeing ads when...
Obviously I knew that it would target advertising based on my history,
but not "below the ads" content.
Ken
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