well I just heard on the radio that google maps is now showing
historical pics of what areas looked like... you can put in a time
period and it will show it in street view.
Now if they can only fix regular maps.
My home is now located in a different town according to them. This
happened a few months ago. As I type my address in a directions it
always tells me I am in the next town. If I just search on my own
address and put in the full town , it still comes up with the other town
name. Frustrating, I have reported the problem and nothing has been
resolved.
I tried mapping another address and it tells me it doesn't exist.
Hmmm. I know it exists, I was just at it. It offers me other addresses
around it, but that one does not exist. I did a street view and saw the
address as I moved back and forth.
I'm realizing that google has gone off the deep end. When using the
search engine, I find them showing me commercial offerings first. I
could not get to something I was looking up after going through 20 or so
pages. I found it using another search engine. After finding the exact
words in the page, I used it in google, and it still erred on the side
of commercial offerings. I realize that their engine is geared to the
most hits, but many of these hits were not even close.. and that's the
problem, they are stretching it even though I have double quoted my
search string.
This doesn't always happen, but it happens often enough, that I think
google has run it's course for me. I was an early adopterwhen I
discovered their simple splash page.. But now, I am often frustrated by
it. They think you don't know what you are looking for and want to do it
for you.
Are any of you finding yourself in the same mindset?
--
Jeff
On 4/23/2014 12:48 PM, woodchucker wrote:
>
> Are any of you finding yourself in the same mindset?
Been bitching about it far longer than you. ;)
The "world wide web" as I knew it, and participated in, in the early
nineties is now basically nothing more than an advertising medium.
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"Mike Marlow" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ummmmm... don't use google. There are other search engines out there.
I use this one quite a bit:
https://duckduckgo.com/
http://dontbubble.us/
For technical stuff, wolfram alpha:
http://wolframalpha.com/
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"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 4/23/2014 12:48 PM, woodchucker wrote:
>>
>> Are any of you finding yourself in the same mindset?
>
> Been bitching about it far longer than you. ;)
>
> The "world wide web" as I knew it, and participated in, in the early
> nineties is now basically nothing more than an advertising medium.
>
Yep, when doing a Google search I keep getting their interpretation of what
I want, based on who is paying for the advertising. I have had to enter my
search times repeat ably, again and again to get what I want. Often I will
put in quote marks to go after a specific phrase. And Google just ignores
it.
Which is ironic because often I am going after very specific information.
Nothing that Google throws up there has anything to do with what I am going
after. But they paid their money so Google buries me in bullshit. rather
than do the actual search.
Google Maps is a great example of how a product can get screwed up when the=
y don't leave well enough alone. The earlier versions were easy to use. T=
he current version has an embedded search box that obscures a significant p=
art of the map and I can't figure out how to hide it without losing it retu=
rning to my home location. Nutz.
On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 12:48:53 PM UTC-5, woodchucker wrote:
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> historical pics of what areas looked like... you can put in a time=20
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> period and it will show it in street view.
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> Now if they can only fix regular maps.
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> I tried mapping another address and it tells me it doesn't exist.
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> around it, but that one does not exist. I did a street view and saw the=
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> address as I moved back and forth.
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> I'm realizing that google has gone off the deep end. When using the=20
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> search engine, I find them showing me commercial offerings first. I=20
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> could not get to something I was looking up after going through 20 or so=
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> most hits, but many of these hits were not even close.. and that's the=20
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> problem, they are stretching it even though I have double quoted my=20
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> search string.
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> This doesn't always happen, but it happens often enough, that I think=20
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> google has run it's course for me. I was an early adopterwhen I=20
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> discovered their simple splash page.. But now, I am often frustrated by=
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> Jeff
On 4/24/2014 3:11 PM, Swingman wrote:
> On 4/24/2014 2:56 PM, Gramps' shop wrote:
>> Google Maps is a great example of how a product can get screwed up
>> when they don't leave well enough alone. The earlier versions were
>> easy to use. The current version has an embedded search box that
>> obscures a significant part of the map and I can't figure out how to
>> hide it without losing it returning to my home location. Nutz.
>
> With a few rare exceptions, what happens when you put twenty something
> numbnuts in charge of anything.
>
The start of a new small town government?
On 4/24/2014 2:56 PM, Gramps' shop wrote:
> Google Maps is a great example of how a product can get screwed up when they don't leave well enough alone. The earlier versions were easy to use. The current version has an embedded search box that obscures a significant part of the map and I can't figure out how to hide it without losing it returning to my home location. Nutz.
With a few rare exceptions, what happens when you put twenty something
numbnuts in charge of anything.
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KarlCaillouet@ (the obvious)
On 4/23/2014 5:40 PM, Swingman wrote:
> "Mike Marlow" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Ummmmm... don't use google. There are other search engines out there.
>
> I use this one quite a bit:
>
> https://duckduckgo.com/
>
> http://dontbubble.us/
>
> For technical stuff, wolfram alpha:
>
> http://wolframalpha.com/
>
duckduckgo is the one I used that found what I was looking for.
Once I had found the page I still could not get google to find it.
So... we are on the same page.
I was not familiar with the others.
--
Jeff
In news:[email protected],
woodchucker <[email protected]> belched:
> well I just heard on the radio that google maps is now showing
> historical pics of what areas looked like... you can put in a time
> period and it will show it in street view.
>
> Now if they can only fix regular maps.
>
> My home is now located in a different town according to them. This
> happened a few months ago. As I type my address in a directions it
> always tells me I am in the next town. If I just search on my own
> address and put in the full town , it still comes up with the other
> town name. Frustrating, I have reported the problem and nothing has
> been resolved.
>
> I tried mapping another address and it tells me it doesn't exist.
> Hmmm. I know it exists, I was just at it. It offers me other addresses
> around it, but that one does not exist. I did a street view and saw
> the address as I moved back and forth.
>
> I'm realizing that google has gone off the deep end. When using the
> search engine, I find them showing me commercial offerings first. I
> could not get to something I was looking up after going through 20 or
> so pages. I found it using another search engine. After finding the
> exact words in the page, I used it in google, and it still erred on
> the side of commercial offerings. I realize that their engine is
> geared to the most hits, but many of these hits were not even close..
> and that's the problem, they are stretching it even though I have
> double quoted my search string.
>
> This doesn't always happen, but it happens often enough, that I think
> google has run it's course for me. I was an early adopterwhen I
> discovered their simple splash page.. But now, I am often frustrated
> by it. They think you don't know what you are looking for and want to
> do it for you.
>
> Are any of you finding yourself in the same mindset?
Google is evil.
I loved it when it first started, but as you say the results now.....SUCK.
I used to love the "search within results" feature, but they no longer use
that.
I use to be able to find my answer on the first page of results, but now,
you're lucky to find it in 4-5 pages
What I find most interesting is google maps on your phone, it wants all kind
of access to contacts, profiles and such, but if you install Google Earth it
just asks for GPS access.
I try to avoid everything google as much as possibly can, I no longer trust
them.
Its all about money and data mining to them now
YMMV
Lee Michaels wrote:
> "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On 4/23/2014 12:48 PM, woodchucker wrote:
>>>
>>> Are any of you finding yourself in the same mindset?
>>
>> Been bitching about it far longer than you. ;)
>>
>> The "world wide web" as I knew it, and participated in, in the early
>> nineties is now basically nothing more than an advertising medium.
>>
> Yep, when doing a Google search I keep getting their interpretation
> of what I want, based on who is paying for the advertising. I have
> had to enter my search times repeat ably, again and again to get what
> I want. Often I will put in quote marks to go after a specific
> phrase. And Google just ignores it.
>
> Which is ironic because often I am going after very specific
> information. Nothing that Google throws up there has anything to do
> with what I am going after. But they paid their money so Google
> buries me in bullshit. rather than do the actual search.
Ummmmm... don't use google. There are other search engines out there.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:52:44 -0400, Lee Michaels wrote:
> Yep, when doing a Google search I keep getting their interpretation of
> what I want, based on who is paying for the advertising. I have had to
> enter my search times repeat ably, again and again to get what I want.
> Often I will put in quote marks to go after a specific phrase. And
> Google just ignores it.
While it won't eliminate the problem, I've found that clearing cookies
(and Flash cookies) regularly does improve things.
On 4/23/14 1:52 PM, Lee Michaels wrote:
>
>
> "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On 4/23/2014 12:48 PM, woodchucker wrote:
>>>
>>> Are any of you finding yourself in the same mindset?
>>
>> Been bitching about it far longer than you. ;)
>>
>> The "world wide web" as I knew it, and participated in, in the early
>> nineties is now basically nothing more than an advertising medium.
>>
> Yep, when doing a Google search I keep getting their interpretation of
> what I want, based on who is paying for the advertising. I have had to
> enter my search times repeat ably, again and again to get what I want.
> Often I will put in quote marks to go after a specific phrase. And
> Google just ignores it.
>
> Which is ironic because often I am going after very specific
> information. Nothing that Google throws up there has anything to do with
> what I am going after. But they paid their money so Google buries me in
> bullshit. rather than do the actual search.
>
>
>
I always enjoyed how the top 'hits' would be something humorous, like
searching for something like 'viral meningitis' and the top hit being
Find viral meningitis on Ebay!
-BR
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