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From: Warp
Subject: No wonder Google has always been more popular than Yahoo
Date: 2 Nov 2007 08:42:42
Message: <472b2952@news.povray.org>
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http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/images/yahoo-vs-google-1996-to-2005.png
I suppose simplicity is the key.
--
- Warp
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Warp <war### [at] tag povrayorg> wrote:
> http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/images/yahoo-vs-google-1996-to-2005.png
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> I suppose simplicity is the key.
>
> --
> - Warp
yes, but remember Google has been one of the first enterprises into Web2.0 with
Gmail and has ever since updated a lot of its turf far beyond the simplicity of
the initial page. They've even copied Yahoo's MyYahoo kinda pages, as in the
image below...
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On 2 Nov 2007 08:42:42 -0500, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> I suppose simplicity is the key.
It's definitely a key reason as to why I have preferred Google for all these years,
especially during my dialup days.
P.S. Why do I always try to type "especially" as "expecially"?!? Grr
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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: No wonder Google has always been more popular than Yahoo
Date: 2 Nov 2007 19:21:22
Message: <472bbf02$1@news.povray.org>
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Warp wrote:
> I suppose simplicity is the key.
Well, google's doing something different than what Yahoo was doing.
Yahoo was categorizing the web. Hence, you have a table of contents on
the home page, along with pointers to the stuff lots of people look up
first.
That said, google's approach to solving the problem is definitely easier
for people to use.
But google doesn't give the same sort of thing. Try finding a local
movies on google that you'd like to watch and see what time it's playing
near you.
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
Remember the good old days, when we
used to complain about cryptography
being export-restricted?
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From: Tim Attwood
Subject: Re: No wonder Google has always been more popular than Yahoo
Date: 3 Nov 2007 15:44:47
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> But google doesn't give the same sort of thing. Try finding a local movies
> on google that you'd like to watch and see what time it's playing near
> you.
I have no problem with this on Google. It's one search phrase, and two
clicks from Google to purchasing tickets for a movie.
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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: No wonder Google has always been more popular than Yahoo
Date: 3 Nov 2007 16:49:19
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On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:21:22 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> But google doesn't give the same sort of thing. Try finding a local
> movies on google that you'd like to watch and see what time it's playing
> near you.
That's what Fandango is for. ;-)
Ji
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From: Brian Elliott
Subject: Re: No wonder Google has always been more popular than Yahoo
Date: 4 Nov 2007 09:29:23
Message: <472dd743@news.povray.org>
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"Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message
news:472bbf02$1@news.povray.org...
> Warp wrote:
>> I suppose simplicity is the key.
>
> Well, google's doing something different than what Yahoo was doing. Yahoo
> was categorizing the web. Hence, you have a table of contents on the home
> page, along with pointers to the stuff lots of people look up first.
>
> That said, google's approach to solving the problem is definitely easier
> for people to use.
>
> But google doesn't give the same sort of thing. Try finding a local movies
> on google that you'd like to watch and see what time it's playing near
> you.
Have done it easily many times to find what's on and when.
I'm Australian, so I visit www.google.com.au, click the radio, "pages from
Australia, then type the search "Cinema Brisbane". Eg.:
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=Cinema+Brisbane&meta=cr%3DcountryAU
Plenty of choices on the first page, but I use this one "Brisbane - Movie
session times for all cinemas in Brisbane ...", which is
http://www.ourbrisbane.com/whatson/movies/sessiontimes because it has in one
place the session times of all the cinema companies in all Brisbane's zones.
--
Cheers,
Brian
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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: No wonder Google has always been more popular than Yahoo
Date: 4 Nov 2007 12:37:26
Message: <472e0356$1@news.povray.org>
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Brian Elliott wrote:
> Have done it easily many times to find what's on and when.
I see that google has built their own pages for movies now, recognising
they had suboptimal results before. Fair nuff.
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
Remember the good old days, when we
used to complain about cryptography
being export-restricted?
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From: Tom Austin
Subject: Re: No wonder Google has always been more popular than Yahoo
Date: 5 Nov 2007 08:21:26
Message: <472f18d6@news.povray.org>
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Warp wrote:
> http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/images/yahoo-vs-google-1996-to-2005.png
>
> I suppose simplicity is the key.
>
That's why I started using it.
At first it was weird - what was that goooooooogle thing on the bottom
anyway...
But it was much easier on the eyes and provided me with search - what I
was after.
Tom
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