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Subject: Re: [NF] http://duckduckgo.com replacement for google.com

From: <kamcginnis@gmail.com>

To: profoxtech@leafe.com

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.

----- Original Message -----

From: "Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox)"<foxhelp@information-architecture.com>

To: "ProFox Email List"<profox@leafe.com>

Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 10:08 AM

Subject: Re: [NF] http://duckduckgo.com replacement for google.com

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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