Doesn't connical and google have some agreement or certain projects? On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Robert Holtzman <hol...@cox.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 10:16:08AM -0600, Michael Loftis wrote: > > > > > > --On Saturday, September 11, 2010 10:05 PM -0700 Robert Holtzman > > <hol...@cox.net> wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 05:34:25PM -0600, Michael Loftis wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> --On Saturday, September 11, 2010 3:33 PM -0700 Robert Holtzman > > >> <hol...@cox.net> wrote: > > >> > > >> > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 03:21:51PM -0400, Simon Ponder wrote: > > >> >> What other engine do you use, if you do not mind me asking? > > >> > > > >> > ..........snip.......... > > >> > > > >> > Icerocket, although it's been getting flaky on me as of late. > > >> > > >> Uhm, news flash. Icerocket's web search IS GOOGLE. I think it's blog > > >> search is also google based, I'd have to dig, but, looks a bit like > the > > >> Google news or groups search. > > > > > > I did a little digging. Running a search on "icerocket + google" turned > > > up several sites that contrasted icerocket and google. If there was > > > anything linking the two, I missed it. Can you supply a URL for your > > > conclusion? > > > > > > > The fact that their web search result pages are nearly identical to > > Google's (minus the upper header actually), and results are identical to > > Google. Just do some comparison searches. They find the same numbers of > > pages, rank them the same, and are using the same extracts/excerpts. > > You could be right but in the absence of documentation what you say is > conjecture (although logical) and I remain skeptical. I'll still stand by > my original > statement. > > ...........snip........... > > -- > Bob Holtzman > Key ID: 8D549279 > "If you think you're getting free lunch, > check the price of the beer" > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkyNP5oACgkQv5BYD41UknmMmACfRG0gmxJQzLkhGq5MoGIDeZGe > yJsAoMxkAGV3gGKnwXFIC2JDayqDmWWe > =AagZ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > >
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