__/ [ hug ] on Sunday 21 May 2006 12:12 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>__/ [ hug ] on Saturday 20 May 2006 12:46 \__
>>
>>> www@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Matt Probert) wrote:
>>>
>>>>Real scenario.
>>>>
>>>>I was looking for a bulk toy or wholesale outlet in the UK so as to
>>>>buy some small toys in bulk for our local school fete tombola stall.
>>>>
>>>>Several searches of Google.co.uk returned nothing but worthless,
>>>>deceiptful directories of supposed web sites (you all know the type),
>>>>many of which were not in the UK. While I appreciate these sites are
>>>>deceiving Google, I still question Google's value as a search engine
>>>>in returning results for them.
>>>>
>>>>Matt
>>>
>>> Google used to be the best and fastest way to find anything. Now it's
>>> an advertisement distributor, not a search engine. Keep your
>>> eyes'n'ears open kids, there will be a replacement for google one of
>>> these days just as google replaced altavista years ago.
>>
>>If you are judging by the past couple of month,
>
> I'm judging by maybe the past 3 years.
You can easily mask all the ads. Then, your only issue is link spamming,
which subverts/ed the results.
Best wishes,
Roy
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