Hotbot used to be my favorite a while back, before they were purchased by Lycos (which is publicly traded). Now, it's just plain slow and clunky.
As a new google convert, I'm thinking an IPO would be a bad thing for end users. I'd imagine at the very least it will force google into adding more "stuff" (advertisements / graphics ) to the search interface and results pages. Maybe the occasional interstital for viagra will pop up if you're searching on the word "tool".
It's a shame that something so simple and functional could get ruined as a direct product of its own success. But this is the new internet economy we're living in...
Tivo is the best hing to happen to the TV since the VCR and the company is struggling.
It's amazing how people can actually complain when they're too cheap to simply pay the fee most of us to get the product as it is intended to function.
Although I'm sure that the rise in defacements has a great deal to do with the decision to discontinue archiving all of them, I believe this move also reflects the current trend with many content sites when it comes to resource allocation.
The novelty has somewhat worn off when it comes to working for free on content sites. As your pageviews grow, sites cost more money to run and advertising, which once at least evened out the bills, pays nothing. Web developers also aren't going to work for free to learn, since most are pretty much past the learning stages.
I did see some great ideas in other posts on this topic in regards to alternatives to shutting down - like how about only mirroring the truly significant defacements?
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Hotbot used to be my favorite a while back, before they were purchased by Lycos (which is publicly traded). Now, it's just plain slow and clunky.
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As a new google convert, I'm thinking an IPO would be a bad thing for end users. I'd imagine at the very least it will force google into adding more "stuff" (advertisements / graphics ) to the search interface and results pages. Maybe the occasional interstital for viagra will pop up if you're searching on the word "tool".
It's a shame that something so simple and functional could get ruined as a direct product of its own success. But this is the new internet economy we're living in
Wow. I couldn't agree with you more.
Tivo is the best hing to happen to the TV since the VCR and the company is struggling.
It's amazing how people can actually complain when they're too cheap to simply pay the fee most of us to get the product as it is intended to function.
Although I'm sure that the rise in defacements has a great deal to do with the decision to discontinue archiving all of them, I believe this move also reflects the current trend with many content sites when it comes to resource allocation.
The novelty has somewhat worn off when it comes to working for free on content sites. As your pageviews grow, sites cost more money to run and advertising, which once at least evened out the bills, pays nothing. Web developers also aren't going to work for free to learn, since most are pretty much past the learning stages.
I did see some great ideas in other posts on this topic in regards to alternatives to shutting down - like how about only mirroring the truly significant defacements?