Comments on: Much ado about nothing http://mendicantbug.com/2009/03/26/much-ado-about-nothing/ Wanderings into computational linguistics, science, social media and life... Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:02:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Christopher Rines http://mendicantbug.com/2009/03/26/much-ado-about-nothing/#comment-1614 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:18:53 +0000 http://mendicantbug.com/?p=1111#comment-1614 Oh, I forgot about cuil, that was the definition of debacle. ;)

]]> By: Jason Adams http://mendicantbug.com/2009/03/26/much-ado-about-nothing/#comment-1610 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:30:13 +0000 http://mendicantbug.com/?p=1111#comment-1610 Being over-hyped is especially dangerous when the results are crappy. I’m thinking of cuil.

]]> By: Christopher Rines http://mendicantbug.com/2009/03/26/much-ado-about-nothing/#comment-1609 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:15:15 +0000 http://mendicantbug.com/?p=1111#comment-1609 I’ve always thought that there’s a huge danger of getting over-hyped, it’s instructive for startups like my own.

On Google’s results I agree with you, they are truly disappointing.

]]> By: Jason Adams http://mendicantbug.com/2009/03/26/much-ado-about-nothing/#comment-1606 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:31:39 +0000 http://mendicantbug.com/?p=1111#comment-1606 The Kosmix kick is understandable, they are far superior in suggesting related items. :) They have become my default firefox search engine, but my brain is still hardwired subconsciously to pull up google when I want to search for something.

I do like the exploratory aspect of Duck Duck Go, as well.

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://mendicantbug.com/2009/03/26/much-ado-about-nothing/#comment-1605 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:24:41 +0000 http://mendicantbug.com/?p=1111#comment-1605 Thanks for the link! Since I seem to be on a Kosmix kick of late, check out the difference:

http://www.kosmix.com/topic/much_ado_about_nothing

Or the exploration options offered by Duck Duck Go:

http://duckduckgo.com/?q=much+ado+about+nothing

I second your complaint: I expect better from Google.

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