On 8/26/11 6:17 AM, Kurt Wendt wrote: > I just read an article about it this past weekend within the NY Times. > And, I do NOT Believe that Google is alone in doing this. The author > critized Google& others for doing this - since he claims that they are > giving you a narrow scope of the world. However, it seems its NOT so bad > what Google is attempting to do - even though it comes across as bad (as > seen by everyone here grumbling). What they are essentially doing is > attempting to PERSONALIZE the web experience for you. Based upon what > you are doing Over Time in doing searches in Google - the two different > people searching for the word Apple - One might get the Company - while > another may get info on Cortland Apples - for instance.
What they want to do is target advertising directly at the people most likely to click through on it. What I want is an objective highly-relevant search engine. IOW, what Google was in 1999. Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/4e57a50e.7000...@ulmcnett.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
