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A Peek Into the Google
A number of people sent in the most recent story from the NYTimes (reg yada yada) from a reporter
who visited the Google-land. Interesting story, no real information though, but the ability to see what people are thinking about and interested in is pretty cool.
On request whether Google gets subpoenas for giving out personal information:
"Google does not comment on the details of legal matters involving Google," Mr. Brin responded.
This is most interesting, and one can only assume that since they're US based, at some point they will/can be forced to give out data for crossreferencing Gov't databases. Imagine [insert gov't agency here] gets hold of the IP-address of [insert (suspected unamerican/criminal/terrorist) person here] they can easily extract profiling information on the individual.
Scary
Bodø community site
Its amazing that most people of the world search for similar things, irrespective of language! Good they put filters.... otherwise a normal visitor would be shocked that most of the world wants naked ladies.
How about an E2 zeitgeist? Cream of the cool is close, but it would be interesting to see what people are searching for as well as what they are contributing. I sometimes even check E2 before Google, because at least there is some active quality control on E2 nodes, unlike the web at large.
Director of Operations. He said they use Linux because it's cheap and because they get better support.
When asked how they can get better support for Linux, he answered, "We're Google, if we need to know something about the Linux we are running, we can usually find the guy who wrote the code and ask him."
Must be nice...
Metacrawler's Metaspy. Check out what people are searching for on Metacrawler. Choosing the "Metaspy Exposed" option allows you to see unfiltered queries; a surprising number of them are quite shady. ;)
I'm constantly amazed at the lengths people go to in the states to avoid offending people.
Wouldnt it be better to let people know the true extent of peoples e-desires rather than filtering them out for fear of suprising some prudes?
Jan.
Another iteresting google search trick. Search for "http" and you will get a list of the top page-ranked sites on the internet.
It's an interesting unbasied "who's who" list with a few surprises.
-- Virtual Windows Project
Over at Webmaster World there's some great discussions ongoing about how search engines like Google work. There's even a tiny bit of inside information, thanks to the regular posts in their Google forum from forum member Google Guy.
ancarett, historian and zombie gamer
Curiously, a Google News search does not currently turn up the NYT article on Google, but does turn up this Slashdot thread on the NYT article on Google. I mention this because when you follow a Google news link to the NYT, you don't need to register (partner site).
Sigs are bad for your health.