Re: [OT] Googling...

2004-01-23 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 08:34:17AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Question I have: who would think of searching for "miserable failure", > or perhaps does Google leak its hidden motives? Or are they? Not a hidden motive, but Google, by nature of it'

Re: [OT] Googling...

2004-01-22 Thread Nano Nano
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:28:41AM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > hook line and sinker again. I am a little disapointed in Bush for -not- > raising interest rates -- I didn't think he'd let it get this far out of > hand again. Fire Alan Greenspan! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: [OT] Googling...

2004-01-22 Thread Nano Nano
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 08:12:54PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > Pedro Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [snip] > > So how come that searching for 'miserable failure' lists a page (GWB > > bio) as number one, when that page contains none of the words in the > > search? Is that becaus p

Re: [OT] Googling...

2004-01-22 Thread Jacob S.
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:17:01 +0100 (CET) Pedro Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So how come that searching for 'miserable failure' lists a page (GWB > bio) as number one, when that page contains none of the words in the > search? Is that becaus people "send google false/doctored urls" > (wh

Re: [OT] Googling...

2004-01-22 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:17:01 +0100 (CET), Pedro Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > --- Johann Koenig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > On Thursday > January 22 at 08:34am > > Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Question I have: who would think

Re: [OT] Googling...

2004-01-22 Thread Pedro Hernandez
--- Johann Koenig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > On Thursday January 22 at 08:34am > Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Question I have: who would think of searching for "miserable > failure", > > or perhaps does Google leak its hidden motives? Or are they? > > Google has a rating

Re: [OT] Googling...

2004-01-22 Thread Johann Koenig
On Thursday January 22 at 08:34am Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Question I have: who would think of searching for "miserable failure", > or perhaps does Google leak its hidden motives? Or are they? Google has a rating system, that is partially based on how many people follow certai

Re: [OT] Googling...

2004-01-22 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 08:34:17AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi World! > > I read this: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/22/technology/circuits/22goog.html > > a NYT report on Google's search engine. > The report says "two months ago" but it is true now: > searching for "miser

[OT] Googling...

2004-01-22 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi World! I read this: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/22/technology/circuits/22goog.html a NYT report on Google's search engine. The report says "two months ago" but it is true now: searching for "miserable failure" produces Bush's biography :-) Question I have: who would think of searching for