unspoken reflections of my heart
Posts tagged google
google teaches you recursion
Sep 16th
Ever tried to search for the term “recursion” in Google Search??? Well, it is worth a try !!
Google teaching us recursion !!!
When you search for a term having a typographical error, Google intelligently asks you, “Did you mean: … “. But on searching for “recursion“, Google asks you back, “Did you mean: recursion”, even though you’d have typed the correct spelling.
Google is really intelligent. It not only gives us links on recursion … It literally teaches us what recursion is !!!
the bing effect
Jun 4th
The world of search engines needs a change. More features. More colour. More user-friendly. And Bing has it all.
Sometimes, I sit back and think.. Doesn’t Google have competition? Is PageRank one of the best algorithms? Has search become synonymous with Google? Microsoft has come up with its own replies to these questions. Bing.
Microsoft has done its homework. Bing has given a new dimension to search. More meaning to it. And really more splash. Truly speaking, the name is really cool. Bing. Bing.
Probably we still love the Google home page, the simple elegant one. And it might take some time for Google users to get used to the colourful interface that Bing provides and the rich image on the home page. But those days are not far away.
One great challenge lies ahead for Bing. It has been etched in user’s hearts that Google is the best. Bing has to change this statement. That will be the first step towards winning the race. But it has already captivated me.
From now on, I think I might “Bing” a word rather than “Google” it. And for all the egosurfers out there!! Try out Bing.
searchWiki vs. Egosurfing
Dec 16th
http://www.google.com/search?q=Karthik+Sankar
Many a times I have typed my own name, ‘Karthik Sankar’ in the Google search bar to find where my blog or website is listed. Sometimes it features as the fourth best, but sometimes it appears only in the second or third page. I have always felt happy when my page is listed with a better rank. But when it moves down the ranking, I have always thought of doing something to improve, probably add my name some fifty odd times in the <META> tag ??? But oops, Google does not use META for indexing !!!
Now Google has introduced searchWiki. It gives me an option to rank the pages, promote them to the top, add pages that are relevant to the search term, delete pages from the search results and so on. Nice idea !!! Now I can promote my website to the top…
But then I learnt, the changes made are visible to my eyes only. The preferences are stored in my Google account. Hmmmm… So even now, my site will feature in the second or third page only, if someone else searches for my name. Still, some consolation for me. I will find my name right on top when I go egosurfing again !!
The preferences are not completely personal. Google allows us to add comments to the webpages. These comments, along with the details about the number of times the site has been promoted or demoted, is available in the “Search all notes for this searchWiki” link.
searchWiki is really a powerful and useful addition to Google search. If I search for a term and the website I needed is listed somewhere down the order, I can make sure the next time I search, it is right on top. Really useful, except for people like me who do Egosurfing. I probably must log out and then search for my name….
