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| Thread ID: 58978 | 2005-06-18 00:19:00 | Alternatives to Google | Strommer (42) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 364867 | 2005-06-20 10:47:00 | Jeremy, give this a try; http://clusty.com/ That's using Google to search the www |
andrew93 (249) | ||
| 364868 | 2005-06-20 12:03:00 | I use Copernic Agent from time to time. Most of the time I Google. Copernic uses several search engines and consolidates the results. You really have to know how to search and narrow it down to what you are looking for. Generally use more keywords will possibly help. If I am looking for a computer part I could search using Google for "Zealand SL-75FRN2" This for a Soltek motherboard. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 364869 | 2005-06-20 22:04:00 | That's using Google to search the www Errahhh?? :confused: Andrew, read about Clusty - scroll up to read my post. It is not simply Google. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 364870 | 2005-06-20 22:38:00 | Errahhh?? :confused: Andrew, read about Clusty - scroll up to read my post . It is not simply Google . I've read your post Steve . I never said it was Google - I said it is using Google . Trust me, I can tell - my Google ad appears as a sponsored link at the top of the Clusty search results . |
andrew93 (249) | ||
| 364871 | 2005-06-20 22:50:00 | I've read your post Steve. I never said it was Google - I said it is using Google. Trust me, I can tell - my Google ad appears as a sponsored link at the top of the Clusty search results. Yeah, OK. I just wanted readers to see Clusty as something different than Google, which they may have inferred from your comment. Technically, whether or not Clusty actually uses Google and then reformats the results a la Vivisimo... I do not know, but some bright spark here on PF1 may be able to enlighten us. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 364872 | 2005-06-20 22:54:00 | On second thought, I think Google would slap a law suit on Clusty if it uses Google for its search. Google is such a huge company that it must guard its technology carefully. It just does not make sense that another search engine could get away with ripping off Google. But maybe Clusty is a subsidary, a branch of Google, and this would explain your advert. | Strommer (42) | ||
| 364873 | 2005-06-21 00:16:00 | But maybe Clusty is a subsidary, a branch of Google, and this would explain your advert. I suspect so .... unless they have approval from Google to base their searches on the Google engine. Sites like AskJeeves are owned by Google. Don't get me wrong, Clusty appears to be good for what it is, i.e. seperating the chaff from the wheat. However, you can get a similar effect in Google by using suffixes, more search terms and negative words such that you get hundreds of hits instead of millions....but IMO you still can't go past Google. |
andrew93 (249) | ||
| 364874 | 2005-06-21 06:40:00 | Where are you getting this idea that Clusty is a subsidiary of Google? Clusty is a metasearch engine, it uses the results from other search engines and formats them in a nice easy to use manner. Google will just be ONE of the MANY engines that they use. clusty.com |
Jeremy (1197) | ||
| 364875 | 2005-06-21 11:59:00 | I love the Google funnies like elmer fudd, and the mirrored google etc. Gahoo!Yoogle looks great as soon as i can memorise correct spelling :p I use dogpile when the Google DNS doesnt resolve (Only sometimes at home, its real weird and I dunno why but it works fine when going through MegaProxy!?!) Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 364876 | 2005-06-21 22:15:00 | but IMO you still can't go past Google. Agreed. I find Google tops overall. Sometimes, though, it is good to have an alternative. |
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