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Digging Holes in Google

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'm-feeling-lucky dept.

Kurt LoVerde writes "Though google has become synonymous with searching, the folks over at MSN have written up an interesting article on our favorite search engine's pitfalls. Included among these are a tendency to skew results toward shopping, a lack of diversity for searches containing synonyms and its impact on research."

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  1. Doesn't work in Firebird by edwdig · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I would read the article, but if I check the page with Firebird there is no article. I get the header, an ad, and links to other stories though.

  2. MOD PARENT UP. by acidtripp101 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    See... these are the kinds of ideas that we need! Implimentation might be a problem, but the idea is supurb.

    Only problem is that with as much porn as I look at, the whole result system would be sk(r)ewed.

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