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| author | luxagraf <sng@luxagraf.net> | 2020-04-28 10:24:02 -0400 |
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| committer | luxagraf <sng@luxagraf.net> | 2020-04-28 10:24:02 -0400 |
| commit | f343ef4d92352f9fc442aeb9c8b1abee27d74c62 (patch) | |
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| parent | a222e73b9d352f7dd53027832d04dc531cdf217e (diff) | |
cleaned up wired import
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diff --git a/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.21.07/Thu/acrappysearchengine.txt b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.21.07/Thu/acrappysearchengine.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3404609 --- /dev/null +++ b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.21.07/Thu/acrappysearchengine.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +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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