__/ [ canadafred ] on Friday 24 February 2006 16:24 \__
> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:dtn7l9$1uej$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> __/ [ canadafred ] on Friday 24 February 2006 12:27 \__
>>
>>> "Big Bill" <kruse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:lagtv1528jompj9rqo99njv2gvvdv89eam@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>> On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 06:34:08 +0000, Roy Schestowitz
>>>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I thought this was worth quoting:
>>>>>
>>>>>http://chris.pirillo.com/blog/_archives/2006/2/22/1778088.html
>>>>>
>>>>>"...I've been growing increasingly concerned over how Google is starting
>>>>>to
>>>>>do more... and the world is just letting it do more without asking
>>>>>questions
>>>>>(because most users trust the brand blindly). Google is everywhere. I
>>>>>want
>>>>>it to be everywhere, but I also don't want it to be everywhere - because
>>>>>that's very scary. I trust that they will continue to "do no evil" (as
>>>>>opposed to "do know evil?") - but perhaps there's such a thing as "too
>>>>>big?"
>>>>>I have to prepare for the worst..."
>>>>
>>>> He'll be joining Googlewatch any minute then.
>>>>
>>>> BB
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bill.kruse/wall-tapestries.htm
>>>> http://www.crystal-liaison.com/artis-orbis/index.html
>>>> kruse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Gifty! Shiny! BB!
>>>
>>> Chris wrote in his blog entry :
>>>
>>> "I'm going to live without searching for anything on Google (or using
>>> Google software) for a week... ohmygod. "
>>>
>>> I wonder what that would feel like. Would I be like a junky going through
>>> my computer looking for remnants of past searches in my cache?
>>
>> He actually wrote about it last night:
>>
>> http://chris.pirillo.com/blog/_archives/2006/2/23/1780165.html
>>
>> <quote>
>> I'm frustrated. Utterly frustrated. I don't think I'll be able to
>> make the seven days, seriously. I thought that Yahoo! would be a
>> great substitute, but that's turning out not being the case.
>> Googlefasting is painful.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> </quote>
>>
>> I thought it was rather intersting. *smile*
>>
>> I try Yahoo on occasions (just testing the water), but it's nowhere
>> compared
>> to Google. Results are not acceptable unless you are willing to browse
>> through heaps of pages, especially when attempting to find arcane items,
>> e.g. Linux information. Google actually started as a Linux-inclined search
>> engine with the somewhat secondary aim of connecting knowledgebases that
>> serve users like Sergei and Larry.
>>
>> Roy
>>
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>
> The guy's going nuts. I left him a message on his blog giving him support.
I spoke to him on the WordPress Hackers mailing lists, which in term got him
very annoyed with Blogspot. I mentioned misuse of blogrolls to him (alluding
to SEO Dave without mentioning any names or URL's, of course).
As a result of our discussion he posted this:
http://chris.pirillo.com/blog/_archives/2005/10/16/1302867.html
which led to a very long chain of posts including this one:
http://chris.pirillo.com/blog/_archives/2005/10/16/1304407.html (see the
remainder of the month)
The rest is history. Google have cleaned up some of their mess ever since.
Best wishes,
Roy
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