I’ve been ambiguous about Google for quite a while now. What started as an amazingly innovative and efficient search engine, grew up to be quite a monster of internet services and advertising tools. That, in itself, isn’t a bad thing. A big…Continue Reading →
Google Search is getting more and more annoying with each passing day. It’s fair to assume that Google developers think we are pretty dumb, and they need to show us the right path through the internet’s complicated web of sites….Continue Reading →
A few days ago I received these cool Duck Duck Go stickers. Amazingly enough, the bigger version fit exactly at the back of my car, right where the VW symbol was, before it was stolen. So now, I drive around…Continue Reading →
Hacker News are making a point, or so it seems. The site tweeted a few hours ago that it now “bans Google and all other search engines”. Here is the site’s Robots.txt. The reasons for this move are rather unclear…Continue Reading →
One in five searches performed in Google’s search engine are tailored to the user’s particular location, web history, or online contacts , according to software engineer Bryan Horling, who works on the Google personalized search team. Search results are different…Continue Reading →