tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post1421587333930063374..comments2023-11-02T19:46:44.577+11:00Comments on Fumbling Towards Geekdom: Google is the evilest evilStyleyGeekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287051608503966129noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-60114938947570862512007-05-06T13:09:00.001+10:002007-05-06T13:09:00.001+10:00Your Google account. Not Google result. You know...Your Google account. Not Google result. You know what I mean.StyleyGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287051608503966129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-57971948405521736912007-05-06T13:09:00.000+10:002007-05-06T13:09:00.000+10:00Try searching for something while logged into your...Try searching for something while logged into your Google result. Then search for the same thing when logged out. Compare the results. I think you'll probably find they are quite different. If not, I want to know what you are doing differently!StyleyGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287051608503966129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-30133288447859998772007-05-06T02:06:00.000+10:002007-05-06T02:06:00.000+10:00I don't seem to be getting this problem, although ...I don't seem to be getting this problem, although for ages whenever I tried to go to Google I got sent to Japanese Google, which was a fat lot of good. Then the problem went away. I don't know how that happened, though. <BR/><BR/>What sort of searches are you talking about? Academic searches on Google Scholar? I haven't tried using that for a while...Badaunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13421084688117792172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-23340929446590887912007-05-05T01:02:00.000+10:002007-05-05T01:02:00.000+10:00I really like Exalead (http://www.exalead.com/sear...I really like Exalead (http://www.exalead.com/search), and I would be using it if not for my deep Google loyalty.Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12739873471584674620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-81888860685598631712007-05-05T00:42:00.000+10:002007-05-05T00:42:00.000+10:00Ianqui: I've had that issue for ages---I think it'...Ianqui: I've had that issue for ages---I think it's always directed me to google.com.au ever since I've lived here. But until it did this weird-ass personalisation shit, that didn't really matter. Whether I searched from google.com.au or google.com, I got the same results, as long as I hadn't ticked "search australian sites only". NOW, though, it matters very much.StyleyGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287051608503966129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-48707346573017315982007-05-05T00:39:00.000+10:002007-05-05T00:39:00.000+10:00Miss M. I am planning a post about the different s...Miss M. I am planning a post about the different search engines I have been trying out today, so maybe that will help you in your quest for a new one too.<BR/><BR/>Mentor: Thank you. That is very helpful.<BR/><BR/>Skookumchick: I would do that, but I already have two browsers so that I can be logged into my blogger account with one and my private Gmail account in the other. I can't handle a third one as well!StyleyGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287051608503966129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-52272503489189077662007-05-05T00:38:00.000+10:002007-05-05T00:38:00.000+10:00Yeah, sort of me too. I had to make a special book...Yeah, sort of me too. I had to make a special bookmark to ensure that google could log me in to my USA google account, because otherwise it directed me toward google.es. Seriously--if I want to use google.com, why can't i just type in .com and get that?Ianquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03268223727887685830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-87597427102946637972007-05-05T00:01:00.000+10:002007-05-05T00:01:00.000+10:00I don't have a suggestion for another search engin...I don't have a suggestion for another search engine, but what I do to keep the Googlemonster at bay is use two browsers - one where I'm logged in to my gmail account, and one where I'm not. Hope that will help... (I use Safari and Firefox but you could use IE and Flock too...)skookumchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14026113200862480820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-85299966286370757332007-05-04T18:38:00.000+10:002007-05-04T18:38:00.000+10:00You might want to pick one of these:http://www.rea...You might want to pick one of these:<BR/><BR/>http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_100_alt_search_engines_april07.php?2Mentorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01410149625393325205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-43655713582426256292007-05-04T15:17:00.000+10:002007-05-04T15:17:00.000+10:00I have complete sympathy for your situation! I ran...I have complete sympathy for your situation! I ran into the current absence of contact details a few days ago and was completely shocked by it. It felt like google, once idolised as the be all and end all of search engines, had betrayed me. Very annoying.<BR/><BR/>Haven't yet found an alternative, unfortunately.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430929897067877179noreply@blogger.com