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   Anonymous Coward, Aug 29th, 2002 @ 10:35am

   
   

   I wonder how many people were stupid enough to go to this jerk's site? It's a publicity stunt.

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   Mike (profile), Aug 29th, 2002 @ 10:41am

   
   

   Of course it is... and not only that, but with all this publicity, he'll probably move up the "page rank" numbers, and his site will get favorable rankings in Google. Search Engine Optimization via Salon. They should sell that as a service...

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   2Lazy2Register, Aug 29th, 2002 @ 12:15pm

   
   

   Wouldn't it be cool if, just as soon as his site starts coming up way high in the page rankings, Google took his 'advice' and changed the algorithm? Bet he'd be squawking again in seconds about how unfair it is that 'established' sites don't get higher precedence than new sites.

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   google, no cookies?

   

   jarrod, Dec 18th, 2002 @ 2:27pm

   
   

   What a load of crap, google uses heaps of cookies

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   Why I dislike Google...

   

   Steve Shaw, Dec 30th, 2002 @ 1:47pm

   
   

   Google: Nazis & Pro-life on Par?
   http://www.listendontspeak.com/000645.html
   
   http://www.listendontspeak.com/000644.html

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   Re: Why I dislike Google...

   

   Borshe, Jan 30th, 2003 @ 6:34pm

   
   

   Everybody,
   
   Google is over-rated. It is no different or better than other search engines. It's over-hyped, that's all. Get a life people!!

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   Google is a good service

   

   Kap, Feb 14th, 2003 @ 7:39am

   
   

   Sure, most any decent search engine will get you the same results, but I like google cause I can go to gogle.com, google.com or gooogle.com and I still get where I want to go. Spelling is one of my main weaknesses. :)
   
   Ironically, I found this thread by searching on Google for "I hate Google". :P

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   Re: Google is a good service

   

   Borshe, Feb 16th, 2003 @ 8:20pm

   
   

   Well Kap, you must hate Google too then. Why else would you type "I hate Google"? You don't type something like that in unless you really feel that way.
   
   I can't stand Google, and I realize I'm probably in the minority. It's over-hyped, over-rated, and over-used. Also, it is blah and plain, not pleasing to the eye. You'd think they'd get a nicer design.
   
   I see no advantages of Google over other search engines.
   
   My opinion!
   Borshe!

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   Re: Google is a good service

   

   Kap, Feb 19th, 2003 @ 8:14pm

   
   

   I wouldn't really say that just because I type it means I believe it. I just get bored and that seemed like it might entertain me for a few minutes. It's along the same lines as asking Jeeves "Is there anything you don't know?" He always had a hard time answering that.
   
   When it comes down to it, what makes a good search engine good is two things. 1. Good programming. 2. Being popular and having lots of sites to submitted. This means that good search engines come and go with their popularity and I just tend to use one until something better comes along.
   
   Make no mistake about it, one day (sooner or later) a new search engine will replace Google as "the people's search engine." It's just the nature of the game.

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    Re: Why I dislike Google...

    

    Jessica, Apr 18th, 2003 @ 2:12am

    
    

    I also hate Google because it never answers the questions I ask

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    Frustrated with Google

    

    Grouchy, Aug 11th, 2003 @ 11:59pm

    
    

    Once upon a time, there was a myriad of search engines. Maybe you didn't get a good ranking in one, but you did in another. But, with the rise of the Google Monster, if you don't get ranked well, you're screwed, especially if your website is your business. Now you have the rise of people trying to cheat the ranking algorithm on Google because it has almost become the only game in town. You end up with things like urls with www.keywords-I'm-searching-for.com. The results are getting crappier. I used to like Google, but it's become the M$ of the SE world. I hope Yahoo! with Inktomi and M$'s venture makes the playing field a little more diverse again.

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    The People's Search Engine

    

    Paul, Oct 14th, 2003 @ 11:45am

    
    

    The People's Search Engine should be populated by people, right? That would be gitMe. Check it out.

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    I hate google

    

    corey christiansen, Nov 13th, 2003 @ 8:36am

    
    

    I hate google because there top searches are never the ones I even want. and there pictures are never the ones I want. I prefer Searchalot.com over google any day.

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    Re: Google is a good service

    

    corey christiansen, Nov 13th, 2003 @ 8:41am

    
    

    I don't like google but I found one that uses every search engine there is it's called Searchalot.com

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    Google can be tough

    

    John, Dec 3rd, 2003 @ 4:31pm

    
    

    Hey Mike,
    
    Google can be tough though and I'll tell you why. I run quite a few e-commerce sites and I built a website that ranked well under a certain term - we'll say 'widgets' - and ALSO ranked well for say 'quality widgets' which was a business segment that I was involved in, but not to a great extent. Since I ranked well under 'quality' widgets, I sold many and had to adjust my inventory requirements accordingly in order to meet demand. Sounds great, right? Well, its great until google changes its algorithms and suddenly your site no longer ranks well. As a result, inventory has to be depleted or liquidated so I had no choice but to opt for adwords and overture which on a cost per click basis made the sales of 'quality' widgets unprofitable. Lesson learned. Google DOES provide free marketing to companies, but don't count on it, you can only count on adwords and overture since it is PAID for. Google's relevance algorithm has the ability to quite literally put you into a business segment that you had no idea you were targeting. On my new site I am refusing access to the googlebot simply because I do not want the profit/loss column to be skewed by the 'free' marketing potential of google. From what I've read google's algorithm changes from time to time and it changes often enough that it might be unwise to base long term business plans around the development of your website and how well (or poorly) it might rank with google.
    
    

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    i really dislike google

    

    C E P, Dec 15th, 2003 @ 5:50pm

    
    

    google is horrible. i may use it for some things but when i try to search for something i really need like mailing overseas thestupid thing doesnt have it. probalbly because the website makers dont want to put it in their site b/c of their theme they have but people that have a theme that involves mail they should have something about it. but anyway google should find something. they search for like a billion sites.so they shoul have something that helps me

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    lol

    

    Danny, Jan 17th, 2004 @ 1:33pm

    
    

    I did the same i put in i hate google to see if anyone hated them becasue they are just the best :)

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    Re: lol

    

    Frank Horsefall, Jun 2nd, 2004 @ 9:36pm

    
    

    I used to love google, it seemed that sites that were relevent got the great listings. Not anymore.
    
    For instance I needed an "APOSTILLE" (a sort of official seal) for a my Birth Certficate and College Degree so I could work abroad.
    
    I did a search in google and got a bunch of vague references to apostilles on sub-pages of some government websites.
    
    Out of curiosity, I typed apostille.com into my browser and got http://www.apostille.com in a flash, a service that has all the info I needed and got me the apostille I needed.
    
    I checked their "relevence" according to google and found them on page 5 of search results for apostille.
    
    Work that out google?
    
    That is why I, and millions of others are leaving your search engine in our droves.
    
    Google blows!

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