Comments on: search silliness http://www.molly.com/2004/08/28/search-silliness/ the personal and professional weblog of molly e. holzschlag Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:11:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha By: James http://www.molly.com/2004/08/28/search-silliness/comment-page-1/#comment-4002 James Tue, 09 Nov 2004 11:13:24 +0000 http://www.molly.com/2004/08/28/search-silliness/#comment-4002 Wow... I never thought of it.. just did a search right now.. yes google is on 7th position! What does that mean ? At least what I can interpret is... they are genuine! Wow… I never thought of it.. just did a search right now.. yes google is on 7th position! What does that mean ? At least what I can interpret is… they are genuine!

]]> By: Tom http://www.molly.com/2004/08/28/search-silliness/comment-page-1/#comment-2628 Tom Fri, 10 Sep 2004 07:18:54 +0000 http://www.molly.com/2004/08/28/search-silliness/#comment-2628 I searched "silliness" on Google and found you and the message - "8/28/04 search silliness Okay, I was being silly and I entered in the term “search” and searched Google. What popped up was a list of search engines, and Google is number 7 on that list. Does anyone else find this kind of funny?" Yes. I do. I searched “silliness” on Google and found you and the message -

“8/28/04
search silliness

Okay, I was being silly and I entered in the term “search” and searched Google. What popped up was a list of search engines, and Google is number 7 on that list. Does anyone else find this kind of funny?”

Yes. I do.

]]> By: Dougal Campbell http://www.molly.com/2004/08/28/search-silliness/comment-page-1/#comment-2555 Dougal Campbell Sun, 05 Sep 2004 17:02:38 +0000 http://www.molly.com/2004/08/28/search-silliness/#comment-2555 I wonder if that's a side-effect of the fact that so many people use "google" as a verb in place of the word "search"? E.g.: "If you want more info on foo, google for it." "I was googling for foo, and found this link..." I wonder if that’s a side-effect of the fact that so many people use “google” as a verb in place of the word “search”? E.g.:

“If you want more info on foo, google for it.”

“I was googling for foo, and found this link…”

]]> By: Matt http://www.molly.com/2004/08/28/search-silliness/comment-page-1/#comment-2467 Matt Mon, 30 Aug 2004 07:21:51 +0000 http://www.molly.com/2004/08/28/search-silliness/#comment-2467 I used the "dissatisfied" link at the bottom to give them some feedback on this awful problem. ;) I used the “dissatisfied” link at the bottom to give them some feedback on this awful problem. ;)

]]> By: Toby http://www.molly.com/2004/08/28/search-silliness/comment-page-1/#comment-2459 Toby Sun, 29 Aug 2004 08:24:31 +0000 http://www.molly.com/2004/08/28/search-silliness/#comment-2459 If Google was ranked #1, people would say they are forging their PageRanking system. Now this is the perfect alibi. So it IS a conspiracy :) If Google was ranked #1, people would say they are forging their PageRanking system. Now this is the perfect alibi. So it IS a conspiracy :)

]]> By: Carthik http://www.molly.com/2004/08/28/search-silliness/comment-page-1/#comment-2458 Carthik Sun, 29 Aug 2004 07:57:10 +0000 http://www.molly.com/2004/08/28/search-silliness/#comment-2458 Google is #1 for the search for <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&q=search+for&btnG=Search">search for</a>. I think it's got to do with how, if you link to a page using some words, google thinks it more relevant. Yahoo! does not do the same. More people must have linked to search.com using the word "search. Strange, nevertheless. Google is #1 for the search for search for. I think it’s got to do with how, if you link to a page using some words, google thinks it more relevant. Yahoo! does not do the same. More people must have linked to search.com using the word “search.
Strange, nevertheless.

]]> By: William Hamby http://www.molly.com/2004/08/28/search-silliness/comment-page-1/#comment-2456 William Hamby Sun, 29 Aug 2004 05:18:09 +0000 http://www.molly.com/2004/08/28/search-silliness/#comment-2456 I think it's a conspiracy. I think it’s a conspiracy.

]]> By: JM http://www.molly.com/2004/08/28/search-silliness/comment-page-1/#comment-2454 JM Sun, 29 Aug 2004 00:33:49 +0000 http://www.molly.com/2004/08/28/search-silliness/#comment-2454 Oh, but the funnier thing is that "search", typed in the Yahoo! Search box, results in Google at #1. Ha! Oh, but the funnier thing is that “search”, typed in the Yahoo! Search box, results in Google at #1. Ha!

]]> By: Rick Silletti http://www.molly.com/2004/08/28/search-silliness/comment-page-1/#comment-2453 Rick Silletti Sun, 29 Aug 2004 00:13:34 +0000 http://www.molly.com/2004/08/28/search-silliness/#comment-2453 Good thing their name is at the top of the page. Good thing their name is at the top of the page.

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Saturday 28 August 2004

search silliness

Okay, I was being silly and I entered in the term “search” and searched Google. What popped up was a list of search engines, and Google is number 7 on that list. Does anyone else find this kind of funny?

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12 Responses to “search silliness”

  1. Rick Silletti says:
    Saturday 28 August 2004 at 17:13

    Good thing their name is at the top of the page.

  2. JM says:
    Saturday 28 August 2004 at 17:33

    Oh, but the funnier thing is that “search”, typed in the Yahoo! Search box, results in Google at #1. Ha!

  3. William Hamby says:
    Saturday 28 August 2004 at 22:18

    I think it’s a conspiracy.

  4. Carthik says:
    Sunday 29 August 2004 at 00:57

    Google is #1 for the search for search for. I think it’s got to do with how, if you link to a page using some words, google thinks it more relevant. Yahoo! does not do the same. More people must have linked to search.com using the word “search.
    Strange, nevertheless.

  5. Toby says:
    Sunday 29 August 2004 at 01:24

    If Google was ranked #1, people would say they are forging their PageRanking system. Now this is the perfect alibi. So it IS a conspiracy :)

  6. Matt says:
    Monday 30 August 2004 at 00:21

    I used the “dissatisfied” link at the bottom to give them some feedback on this awful problem. ;)

  7. Dougal Campbell says:
    Sunday 5 September 2004 at 10:02

    I wonder if that’s a side-effect of the fact that so many people use “google” as a verb in place of the word “search”? E.g.:

    “If you want more info on foo, google for it.”

    “I was googling for foo, and found this link…”

  8. Tom says:
    Friday 10 September 2004 at 00:18

    I searched “silliness” on Google and found you and the message -

    “8/28/04
    search silliness

    Okay, I was being silly and I entered in the term “search” and searched Google. What popped up was a list of search engines, and Google is number 7 on that list. Does anyone else find this kind of funny?”

    Yes. I do.

  9. James says:
    Tuesday 9 November 2004 at 04:13

    Wow… I never thought of it.. just did a search right now.. yes google is on 7th position! What does that mean ? At least what I can interpret is… they are genuine!

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