Are you tired of being google's guinea pig?

3 pointsyaacovtp19y ago8 comments

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yaacovtpOP19y ago· 4 in thread

First it was the links for different search types bouncing all other the page. Then there was the automatic customized searches. What if I wanted to see what the general public sees? Now I'm getting news links 4 or 5 results down the search page.

I don't care how if their algorithms are better the anyone else's. Functionally, it's broken for me.

What's your favorite non google powered search engine?

rksprst19y ago

Right now its yahoo for me. Switched 2 days ago (from google) after getting fed up with the way google handles privacy and how it seems also its new products just want more and more information about me. Pretty soon google would want to map my DNA as well.

bls19y ago

You switched from Google to Yahoo for privacy reasons? Yahoo! has already demonstrated their total lack of ethics regarding privacy by helping the Chinese jail thought criminals. Whereas, Google has designed all its systems and its business models to ensure that it does not need to cooperate with horrible regimes.

Also, Yahoo! happily shared its users' information with the U.S. government upon request (when not even legally obligated to do so), whereas Google went to court to fight for its users' privacy.

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russ19y ago

Funny you should say that...I almost took up a job @ 23andMe before finding out I got into SFP07. If you aren't familiar with them or their Google connection:

http://valleywag.com/tech/anne-wojcicki/a-startup-for-google-founders-fiancee-229063.php

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ced19y ago

Try going to, eg.: google.ca. You'll get the same results, AFAIK, but probably with the standard format.

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5 comments · 1 top-level

yaacovtpOP19y ago· 4 in thread

First it was the links for different search types bouncing all other the page. Then there was the automatic customized searches. What if I wanted to see what the general public sees? Now I'm getting news links 4 or 5 results down the search page.

I don't care how if their algorithms are better the anyone else's. Functionally, it's broken for me.

What's your favorite non google powered search engine?

rksprst19y ago

Right now its yahoo for me. Switched 2 days ago (from google) after getting fed up with the way google handles privacy and how it seems also its new products just want more and more information about me. Pretty soon google would want to map my DNA as well.

bls19y ago

You switched from Google to Yahoo for privacy reasons? Yahoo! has already demonstrated their total lack of ethics regarding privacy by helping the Chinese jail thought criminals. Whereas, Google has designed all its systems and its business models to ensure that it does not need to cooperate with horrible regimes.

Also, Yahoo! happily shared its users' information with the U.S. government upon request (when not even legally obligated to do so), whereas Google went to court to fight for its users' privacy.

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russ19y ago

Funny you should say that...I almost took up a job @ 23andMe before finding out I got into SFP07. If you aren't familiar with them or their Google connection:

http://valleywag.com/tech/anne-wojcicki/a-startup-for-google-founders-fiancee-229063.php

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ced19y ago

Try going to, eg.: google.ca. You'll get the same results, AFAIK, but probably with the standard format.

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