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Has Bing Already Overtaken Yahoo?
nk497 writes "Microsoft's newly revamped search tool Bing has already overtaken Yahoo in the US and globally, according to StatsCounter. The net traffic watcher said Bing has topped Yahoo 16.28% to 10.22% in the US, and 5.62% to 5.13% globally. Though the firm noted Bing's popularity may drop off after the excitement wears off, the firm also said: 'Steve Ballmer is quoted as saying that he wanted Microsoft to become the second biggest search engine within five years. Following the breakdown in talks to acquire Yahoo at a cost of $40 billion it looks as if he may have just achieved that with Bing much sooner and a lot cheaper than anticipated.' Google, of course, still leads by a considerable margin."
You mean Yahoo! does web search?
Oh.. right.. I guess it does...
Error: Ego is too big. Please shrink and try your search again.
There is a code search option for google. Use it instead of the general purpose search engine meant to sifting through unorganized (indexed, yes) data. Google is collecting your clicks, but they aren't looking at YOUR clicks, they are looking for patterns in the general populace. Quit thinking your data is important, and use the facilities provided.
http://www.google.com/codesearch
If you put "code search" into Google, you might find that. I did.
Also, Google can't do anything if the manufacturer doesn't provide links to support documentation. In most cases, I've found most of the docs available on the reseller's site. The MFR usually requires that you sign in or do some other foolish thing before providing you with options. Or maybe they have their data sheets hidden under a robots.txt file because they don't want Google siphoning gigs of data each dime it spiders. Not google's fault. If you know the manufacture, why not go to their website directly? Why do you expect google to 1) spider everything 2) figure out which is the MFR and which is the reseller 3) figure out from a bunch of numbers you're looking for a manufactured part number? Again, the facilities provided allow you to search a part on a particular site, just add " site:google.com" or whichever the mfr's domain is.
Also, what's your beef about auto-correct again? Did Google turn that option on in all of your apps and you can't turn it off? spend some time customizing the dictionary in Word (if you enjoy self flagellation) or whatever you're whining about. Are you expecting software to be contextually aware, when it can barely figure out what you want it to do RIGHT NOW?
Also, how is software supposed to learn that you don't like something it does? That's a lot of learning - the current iteration of software simply needs well-organized, easily accessible options concerning the stuff users have complained about during testing and development. What I think you need is the "Any time I delete your auto-correction, put the original content you replaced in the dictionary and don't ask me again" option. Most people won't want that option, but this way it doesn't have to try to interpret what you like or don't like - because if you're already irritated by the way it works, you're not going to like it when it adds additional logic to do things on your behalf.