The query about music paper reminded me that I read about -- and then
tried -- a beta thing from yahoo which tries to let you filter out the
"shopping site" floods that one can get in google.

http://mindset.research.yahoo.com/

The idea is that it tries to sift out the maddening thing of looking
for reviews on stuff, and getting a bunch of shopping search-engines
that tell you diddly squat.

It's got potential, I think.

--
Cheers,
Harvey

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 21:57:13 GMT, Harvey Van Sickle
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>The query about music paper reminded me that I read about -- and then
>tried -- a beta thing from yahoo which tries to let you filter out the
>"shopping site" floods that one can get in google.
>
>http://mindset.research.yahoo.com/
>
>The idea is that it tries to sift out the maddening thing of looking
>for reviews on stuff, and getting a bunch of shopping search-engines
>that tell you diddly squat.
>
>It's got potential, I think.

There's an extension for Firefox that filters out ads from the
search results - CustomizeGoogle. Another reason to use FF!

Harvey Van Sickle wrote:
> The query about music paper reminded me that I read about -- and then
> tried -- a beta thing from yahoo which tries to let you filter out the
> "shopping site" floods that one can get in google.
>
> http://mindset.research.yahoo.com/
>
> The idea is that it tries to sift out the maddening thing of looking
> for reviews on stuff, and getting a bunch of shopping search-engines
> that tell you diddly squat.
>
> It's got potential, I think.
>


google is not that great. i'm finding a few similiar sites that are as
good as if not better than google in some cases.


--
Woodzy

http://www.rtdos.com (alt OS for games based on the classics)
http://rtdos.com/community.htm ( retro computing community )

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 17:44:04 -0600, "(ProteanThread)"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>google is not that great. i'm finding a few similiar sites that are as
>good as if not better than google in some cases.

Don't speak ill of Google. Google knows ALL!
You just have to know how to ask politely, using
the correct grammar and syntax of Googlese, that's all! :O)

DB

Don Boring wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 17:44:04 -0600, "(ProteanThread)"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
>>google is not that great. i'm finding a few similiar sites that are as
>>good as if not better than google in some cases.
>
>
> Don't speak ill of Google. Google knows ALL!...
> DB

Heck, this guy takes your google and raises you an internet.
http://www.internetisshit.org/

-Sparkeh

In message news:aLque.5440$dN.841@trnddc04 on 22 Jun 2005, Sparky said to
all at alt.comp.freeware

>>>google is not that great. i'm finding a few similiar sites that are as
>>>good as if not better than google in some cases.
>>
>>
>> Don't speak ill of Google. Google knows ALL!...
>> DB
>
> Heck, this guy takes your google and raises you an internet.
> http://www.internetisshit.org/

hehe

Give an infinite number of monkeys typewriters and they'll
produce the works of Shakespeare. Unfortunately, I feel like I'm
reading all the books where they didn't.

Now *that* is funny. ;-)

--
"I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective
judgment in all human affairs."

Albert Einstein

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 17:44:04 -0600, "(ProteanThread)"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Harvey Van Sickle wrote:
>> The query about music paper reminded me that I read about -- and then
>> tried -- a beta thing from yahoo which tries to let you filter out the
>> "shopping site" floods that one can get in google.
>>
>> http://mindset.research.yahoo.com/
>>
>> The idea is that it tries to sift out the maddening thing of looking
>> for reviews on stuff, and getting a bunch of shopping search-engines
>> that tell you diddly squat.
>>
>> It's got potential, I think.
>>
>
>
>google is not that great. i'm finding a few similiar sites that are as
>good as if not better than google in some cases.

Are ya gonna keep 'em a secret?

yep. gotta google'em to find 'em :-)