good search engine?
Mar 13, 2018, 11:36 pm
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"Fairbanks fat bike rental" returns
- Rented a Fatbike - Review of Beaver Sports, Fairbanks, AK
- "Rent a Bicycle and Explore Fairbanks"
Are you complaining that the subsequent hits are elsewhere? Perhaps it's because there are no others?
I tried "sjc limebike" and got nothing about ignoring terms. What I got was
-The San Jose Blog: LimeBike coming
And "Limebike in San Jose" returned many. many results
If you're looking for a search engine that will perfectly read you mind, rather then statistically guessing at what you want, I'm going to venture a guess that you won't find one.
- Rented a Fatbike - Review of Beaver Sports, Fairbanks, AK
- "Rent a Bicycle and Explore Fairbanks"
Are you complaining that the subsequent hits are elsewhere? Perhaps it's because there are no others?
I tried "sjc limebike" and got nothing about ignoring terms. What I got was
-The San Jose Blog: LimeBike coming
And "Limebike in San Jose" returned many. many results
If you're looking for a search engine that will perfectly read you mind, rather then statistically guessing at what you want, I'm going to venture a guess that you won't find one.
And regarding reading my mind: I'm not asking it to read my mind. I'm just asking it to do something. Simple. And it doesn't do it anymore. It is like a machine designed to wash dishes, that now thinks it should tell me how I should cook instead (by "reading" my used plates).
Mar 15, 2018, 2:57 am
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OP wrote, "Bing doesn't seem to be any better."
It takes time for pages to be indexed. While major sites ensure that their pages are indexed immediately (as do people in the know-how), a smaller blog may not do so, so until it gets indexed, it won't show up. Further, the more that page gets hits, the higher it ranks. So as everyone reading this thread continues to Google the exact same phrases, and click that link, the more it'll enshrine itself as number 1 for now.
Google seems to have changed its mind about the "sjc limebike" search query. The blog post was already there before my post (and I did read it), but wonder why all of a sudden it made its way up google's ranking.
And regarding reading my mind: I'm not asking it to read my mind. I'm just asking it to do something. Simple. And it doesn't do it anymore. It is like a machine designed to wash dishes, that now thinks it should tell me how I should cook instead (by "reading" my used plates).
And regarding reading my mind: I'm not asking it to read my mind. I'm just asking it to do something. Simple. And it doesn't do it anymore. It is like a machine designed to wash dishes, that now thinks it should tell me how I should cook instead (by "reading" my used plates).
Mar 20, 2018, 4:35 pm
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Wow, google is becoming more and more useless at finding anything specific.
Like I recall hearing a story of a Stanford surgery resident who was falling asleep on the job, because he was actually staying up late at night coding. He ended up working full-time for what ended up known as google.
But of course, if you try any combination of words you cannot find any relevant results on "google", whether or not it is an urban legend or a true story.
Like I recall hearing a story of a Stanford surgery resident who was falling asleep on the job, because he was actually staying up late at night coding. He ended up working full-time for what ended up known as google.
But of course, if you try any combination of words you cannot find any relevant results on "google", whether or not it is an urban legend or a true story.
Mar 22, 2018, 2:39 am
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Wow, google is becoming more and more useless at finding anything specific.
Like I recall hearing a story of a Stanford surgery resident who was falling asleep on the job, because he was actually staying up late at night coding. He ended up working full-time for what ended up known as google.
But of course, if you try any combination of words you cannot find any relevant results on "google", whether or not it is an urban legend or a true story.
Like I recall hearing a story of a Stanford surgery resident who was falling asleep on the job, because he was actually staying up late at night coding. He ended up working full-time for what ended up known as google.
But of course, if you try any combination of words you cannot find any relevant results on "google", whether or not it is an urban legend or a true story.
Mar 25, 2018, 7:47 am
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Mar 25, 2018, 11:21 pm
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Mar 26, 2018, 5:16 pm
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Apr 4, 2018, 8:29 pm
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Ah, brilliant google.
I search for "citibank atm boston" and it pulls a map for me, with the locations of citibanks in Seattle. Very helpful. Just ignore the term "Boston" and presume I am in Seattle (I have no idea how it would get that idea)
I search for "citibank atm boston" and it pulls a map for me, with the locations of citibanks in Seattle. Very helpful. Just ignore the term "Boston" and presume I am in Seattle (I have no idea how it would get that idea)
Apr 5, 2018, 10:49 pm
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Nah. I don't have a screenshot, but what possible issue could I have? When you strike out all the impossibilities, then the very low probability events are true.
Apr 5, 2018, 10:58 pm
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Apr 8, 2018, 1:30 am
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Apr 8, 2018, 6:15 pm
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If you don't like the idea of tracking then try something like duckduckgo.com.