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| author | luxagraf <sng@luxagraf.net> | 2019-05-04 15:48:55 -0500 |
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| committer | luxagraf <sng@luxagraf.net> | 2019-05-04 15:48:55 -0500 |
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archived all the stuff from freelancing for wired
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diff --git a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.21.07/Thu/acrappysearchengine.txt b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.21.07/Thu/acrappysearchengine.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 3404609..0000000 --- a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.21.07/Thu/acrappysearchengine.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,17 +0,0 @@ -With Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are constantly touting new improved search features it's hard for the little guys to compete, which is why [ACrappySearchEngine.com][3] takes the alternative route -- really bad search results. - -ACrappySearchEngine is a humorous take on Google and the rest and it returns some truly meaningless results. I particularly love the "less" link where Google's "more" link would normally be. Clicking "less" removes all the other links. - -But humor aside (and I do realize that ACrappySearchEngine.com is a joke) I actually would love to see something based on "anti" search algorithms. - -As I wrote a while back, I love [LibraryThing's Unsuggest][1], which attempts to give search results based on what books you would probably not like. - -A number of pundits have already written repeatedly that our obsession with targeted search, optimized results and tag-based filtering allow us to find what we want on the web, but the same tools also tend to narrow our world-view by showing only those things we are likely to agree with. - -There's something to be said for expanding your narrow tunnel of reality by encountering unexpected things that are bound to shock, alarm and quite possibly enrich you in unexpected ways. - -[via [Valleywag][2]] - -[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/librarythings_u.html "LibraryThing's UnSuggest: Discover Your Dislikes" -[2]: http://www.valleywag.com/tech/acrappysearchengine%27com/just-what-you-werent-looking-for-263054.php "Just what you were(n't) looking for" -[3]: http://acrappysearchengine.com/ "A Crappy Search Engine"
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